You Already Speak Greek: Eighteen Greek Myths Hiding in Words Say Every Day

Panic. Echo. Museum. Chaos. You say these words without thinking, and every one of them is a Greek myth in disguise.Meet the god whose shout emptied an army camp overnight. Meet the nymph who lost her own voice, and the mother whose grief left the fields bare. Eighteen short chapters trace eighteen everyday words back to the story that made them, then follow each word from an ancient page to your mouth.Every chapter ends the same way: with the place you can find that myth today. A word in the dictionary. A constellation you can pick out tonight. A planet, a season, a contest held every four years.Inside this book- Eighteen everyday words and the myths behind them- Short chapters, built to be finished in one sitting- A Who's Who of the gods, heroes and monsters you meet, with a guide to saying each name- A closing word list, so every term is easy to find again- Illustrated throughout in the flat style of Greek vase paintingWritten for readers aged 8 to 12.