Greek to me : adventures of the comma queen
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
306.4428 NORRIS
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306.4428 NORRIS
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
UPC
40029003298
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Description
Norris's lifelong love affair with words led her into a passion for all things Greek, and from there into solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. She explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, goes searching for the fabled Baths of Aphrodite, and reveals the surprising ways Greek helped form English. Filled with encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine-- and more than a few Greek men-- this is Norris' fresh take on Greece and the exotic yet strangely familiar language that so deeply influences our own. -- adapted from jacket