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It's Greek to Me

Presented by Sylvia Zimmerman
2024-09-24 10:00:00 2024-09-24 11:00:00 America/New_York It's Greek to Me Marysville Public Library - Meeting Room B

Tuesday, September 24
10:00am - 11:00am

Add to Calendar 2024-09-24 10:00:00 2024-09-24 11:00:00 America/New_York It's Greek to Me Why we came to care about the Greeks, their history, and philosophies. Marysville Public Library - Meeting Room B

Marysville Public Library

Meeting Room B

Why we came to care about the Greeks, their history, and philosophies.

Join Sylvia Zimmerman in this interesting discussion of words and other things we use everyday that came from the Greeks.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | History | Education |

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