Chrysti The Wordsmith: Sun - 2

Greetings and welcome to Christie the wordsmith. Last time on the series we met Helios the Greek sun god who is light bearer to the world. Drove a blazing horse drawn chariot across the sky every day to illuminate the earth below Helios lives on in such English words as heliocentric and Healy osis the medical designation for sunstroke and Helio phobia the fear of the sun. One day Helios his young son faith an impetuously demanded a turn at the reins of the sun chariot. Despite his father's protests faith unharnessed the fiery steeds. But he could not control them and they plunged so low that the sun scorched the earth. Then the team flew so far skyward that the frightened stars cried out to Zeus for protection. The angry God struck the Rasch faith and down with a thunderbolt. Faileth unlike so many characters from classical mythology eventually found his way into the English language in the 15 hundreds and for several centuries thereafter rash and impetuous young

man were called Fe Athens especially those who drove carriages recklessly through the streets in the 1880s a type of light horse drawn carriage was dubbed the faith and in one thousand thirty Buick manufactured a sedan with the same name and in 2002 Vox wagon introduced its luxury four door vehicle. The faith and W 12. All these earthbound vehicles named for the aspiring but reckless Greek charioteer of the sky. I'm Christie the wordsmith Christy the wordsmith is 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. Zoot web dot com.