Ever been struck by Cupid's arrow? Do you work like a Trojan, or wish you had the Midas touch? What's so bad about having an Achilles's heel, and why wouldn't you want to open Pandora's box, anyway? In this engaging romp through some of our most colorful, classically inspired expressions, Ferdie Addis explains what links breakfast cereal, an ancient goddess, and a festival of flaming foxes; how a Gallic invasion and a gaggle of sacred geese are connected to the word "money"; and why you shouldn't fly too close to the sun—nor rest on your laurels.