Chrysti The Wordsmith: Helios - 1

Greetings This is Christie the wordsmith. Helios was the ancient Greek personification of the sun each morning this radiant God a rose and harnessed his four white horses to a chariot of fire as Helios drove the winged horses across the heavens climbing up from the eastern horizon and finally descending beyond the western sea. His chariot and his brilliant golden crown gave light and heat to the earth and its inhabitants at night. Helios rested in his golden palace until the time came to ride his fiery chariot across the vault of the sky once more. The word Helios has inspired a suite of current English terms. If you turn to your dictionary to the entries beginning with H O you'll find several words inspired by the name of this resplendent sun god. For example the adjective Helio tropic which refers to plants that track the sun throughout the day such as snow Butter Cups and arctic poppies the heliotrope a plant of the forget me not family is named for its

solar tracking flowers heliotrope it means sun turning heliocentric means having the sun as a center and applies to the mechanics of our solar system with the planets orbiting the focal point the sun. Another engaging member of this word family is heli olive tree or sun worship. I'm Christie the wordsmith. Could a verb of yours Christie the wordsmith a sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry sued web dotcom.