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1. Nope. There are no heroes in humankind. If you'd like a better worded answer, take a look at @The_Pennilesss_Author 's post!
2. Done. Can highly recommend this. It offers great illustrations and a slightly feminist look on the Ancient Greeks, which you don't find too often.

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💭 the upcoming Emirates Lit Festival with so many award winning authors coming, including Bernardine Evaristo, Hala Alyan, Leila Aboulela, Cecilia Ahern, Candy Gourlay, Shannon Chakraborty, Rebecca Yarros - just to cite a few
💭 maybe the tagged book as it was shared with me by a special friend of mine, a kindred who happens to be in the elite forces
Thank you for the tag, @TheSpineView 💕

This is the second in the “Songs of Penelope” series (the first was “Ithaca”). This story of Penelope jousting with Meneleus is suspenseful and fun. I loved the portrayals of Helen and Aphrodite 🙂 I am ready for the “The Last Song of Penelope” this summer. Contra the Odyssey, I was hoping that Odysseus would stay trapped for longer. Not ready for him to get home yet.

Starting off the year with a short excerpt from Homer‘s The Iliad.

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I really enjoyed this. A good taster of stories of Achilles. I was a bit confused at times but that‘s because I don‘t know enough Greek mythology.

Who is who‘s son and who is his mother? 🤣

Great little intro. Read in the bath because it‘s been a stressful day.

I like the Odyssey more than the Iliad. So maybe that‘s part of this, but the author is more trope then man. He tells you that he brings the Iliad with him when he travels and it never fails to move him to tears. I‘m picturing him on Southwest Airlines between a overtired toddler and their parent assuring them “It‘s okay! It‘s just…Achilles!” And sobbing.

I love a retelling of a Greek myth, so really enjoyed this! I thought Haynes‘ take on the story was interesting, and I enjoyed hearing from characters with less of a voice in other works.

#wintergames #snowangels #snowedin #promptmaze

It‘s 410 BC & Xenophon leads a 10k strong army of Greek mercenaries, retreating from a failed attempt by their Persian paymaster, Cyrus, to seize the throne from his brother after their father dies. As they make their way back to the Black Sea & eventually Greece, they battle hostile natives & hardships caused by the terrain. Granted, it‘s a classic but it was a bit of a slog. It‘s repetitive & monotonous but, like Xenophon, I got there in the end

The story of the first Olympics.

DNF. The author's stylistic quirks to show we are in a semi-legendary period just got on my nerves.

Been reading again, have you?

Truths from ancient Greece.