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Greek to me : adventures of the comma queen

Norris, Mary 1952- (author.).

Summary: 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

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  • ISBN: 1324001275
  • ISBN: 9781324001270
  • Physical Description: 227 pages ; 22 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]

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Formatted Contents Note: Invocation -- Alpha to omega -- A is for Athena -- Dead or alive -- Demeter dearest -- A taste for tragedy -- Swimming with Aphrodite -- Acropolis now -- The sea! the sea!

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Subject: Norris, Mary 1952- Travel Greece
Periodical editors United States Biography
Americans Greece Biography
Greece Description and travel
Greek language Social aspects
Americans
Greek language Social aspects
Periodical editors
Travel
Greece
United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
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