Norris, Mary,  1952- <br/><br/>
Greek to me :  adventures of the comma queen / 
Mary Norris. 
 - New York ;  London :  W.W. Norton,  2019. 
 - 227 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>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!. 
<br/><br/> "Greek to Me is a charming account of Norris's lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris 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 Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine - and more than a few Greek men - Greek to me is the Comma Queen's fresh take on Greece and the exotic yet strangely familiar language that so deeply influences our own." -- Publisher's description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781324001270  hardcover 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Norris, Mary 1952- --Travel--Greece
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Periodical editors--United States--Biography<br/>Americans--Greece--Biography<br/>Greek language--Social aspects
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Greece--Description and travel
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.44281