Opening Pandora's Box
Phrases We Borrowed From the Classics and the Stories Behind Them
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2013
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78243-023-0 (ISBN)
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78243-023-0 (ISBN)
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We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding of the origin of these common phrases. Opening Pandora's Box provides a useful introduction to classical mythology as well as giving an insight into our language.
We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding of the origin of these common phrases. Now, an incomplete classical education need no longer be your Achilles heel.
Opening Pandora's Box offers a light-hearted yet fascinating look at the stories behind the expressions. For example, did you know that the phrase 'the face that launched a thousand ships' originates from the story of the kidnapping of Helen of Troy, but the actual line comes from a poem by Christopher Marlowe?
Opening Pandora's Box provides a useful introduction to classical mythology as well as giving an insight into our language.
We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding of the origin of these common phrases. Now, an incomplete classical education need no longer be your Achilles heel.
Opening Pandora's Box offers a light-hearted yet fascinating look at the stories behind the expressions. For example, did you know that the phrase 'the face that launched a thousand ships' originates from the story of the kidnapping of Helen of Troy, but the actual line comes from a poem by Christopher Marlowe?
Opening Pandora's Box provides a useful introduction to classical mythology as well as giving an insight into our language.
Ferdie Addis read Classics at Oxford University, before embarking on a career as a journalist and author. He has written The Good Samaritan Bites the Dust (2011), I Have a Dream (2011) and Opening Pandora’s Box (2010) for Michael O’Mara Books. He lives in London.
Verlagsort | London |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78243-023-7 / 1782430237 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78243-023-0 / 9781782430230 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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