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Gifts from the gods : ancient words & wisdom from Greek & Roman mythology / by Lise Lunge-Larsen ; illustrated by Gareth Hinds.

by Lunge-Larsen, Lise.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Children, c2011.

English language -- Etymology -- Juvenile literature.

Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature.

Mythology -- Juvenile literature.

90 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 88) and index.

Explains the ancient Greek origins of a number of words and names in the English language, such as genius, nemesis, and panic. Did you know that museums were initially temples built to worship the nine muses, the goddesses of the arts? That Janus was the god of the doorways and hallways, and we have named our janitors after him? Where did these words--and other words, such as chaos, genius, nemesis, panic, echo, and narcissus--come from? From the ancient stories of the Greeks--stories that rang so true and wise that the names of the characters have survived for centuries as words we use every day. The brief stories here not only impart the subtle wisdom of these ancient tales, but make us understand the words, and our own world, more deeply.

Hinds, Gareth, 1971-

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