Gifts from the Gods : Ancient Words and Wisdom from Greek and Roman Mythology

In this lavishly illustrated gift book for mythology fans and word lovers, ancient names come to rich and fascinating life.

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 wordsand other words, such as chaos, genius, nemesis, panic, echo, and narcissuscome from? From the ancient stories of the Greeksstories 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.