Word Hoardhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/English words that came from Greek myths: etymology essays, word cards and a full glossary, from siren to mentor.en-ca Nereid to Neráida: How Sea Nymphs Became Greek Fairieshttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/nereid-to-neraida.htmlhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/nereid-to-neraida.htmlWed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Homer’s sea nymphs became the neráides of Greek village belief, dancing at springs and stealing voices. A word history through folklore, water and a moon of Neptune. Penelope’s Web, and the Man Called Mentorhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/penelope-web-and-mentor.htmlhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/penelope-web-and-mentor.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Penelope’s unfinished weaving gave English a phrase for endless delay; her household gave it the word mentor. Plus two rival stories about her name. Between Scylla and Charybdis: An Idiom With Teethhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/scylla-and-charybdis-idiom.htmlhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/scylla-and-charybdis-idiom.htmlWed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000Where the idiom ‘between Scylla and Charybdis’ comes from, the puppy pun hidden in Scylla’s name, a medieval Latin proverb, and its cousins the rock and the anvil. Circe’s Cabinet: Pharmacy, Moly and Enchanter’s Nightshadehttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/circe-pharmacy-and-moly.htmlhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/circe-pharmacy-and-moly.htmlWed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000Homer calls Circe’s drugs pharmaka, the root of pharmacy. Follow the word, the magic herb moly and a woodland plant named after Circe into modern English. Cyclops, Cyclopean and a Moth Called Polyphemushttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/cyclops-and-the-polyphemus-moth.htmlhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/cyclops-and-the-polyphemus-moth.htmlSat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000What ‘cyclops’ really means, why huge stone walls are called cyclopean, the best pun in the Odyssey, and the giant silk moth named Polyphemus that flies in Canada. Siren: From a Song at Sea to the Wail in Your Streethttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/siren-from-song-to-street.htmlhttps://mightyartemis-almond.shop/siren-from-song-to-street.htmlWed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000How Homer’s two singers became bird-women, then mermaids, then an alarm and a sea cow — and why, in French, a sirène can still be all of them at once.