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Clytemnestra: The spellbinding retelling of Greek mythology�s greatest heroine | Costanza Casati

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I credit my Sophomore English teacher for my love of Greek mythology.

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Yuki_Onna

Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology | LIV Albert

Thank you for the tag, @The_Pennyless_Author #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

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.

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! Happy Tuesday 2w

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LadyCait84

Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes

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Medusa was not a monster. Perseus was not a hero. The gods are cruel and the myths ring of injustice.

None of this was news to me, yet this retelling — which weaves together opposing narrators and pulls in context from adjacent tales — feels fresh, even though I know where it‘s all headed. (Pun intended?)

Maybe not an instant classic like the last two book club picks, but still a great read that I‘m looking forward to discussing. 🐍

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Bookbuyingaddict

Ariadne | Jennifer Saint

“The need to ask Why mortals bloom like flowers and crumbled to nothing ? Why their absence left a gnawing ache , a hollow void that could never be filled ? And how everything they once were , that spark within them , could be extinguished so completely yet the world did not collapse under the weight of so much pain and grief . “

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OutsmartYourShelf

Troy: The Siege of Troy Retold | Stephen Fry

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The story of the downfall of Troy in a nutshell. Although I had a vague idea of things (the war, Helen, Achilles, the Trojan horse etc) I wasn't sure of events & who had fought on which side, so reading an 'accessible to newbies' version such as this one is a good introduction. It's written in Fry's distinctive droll style but I find it impossible to say I enjoyed reading it mainly because all the characters are just so...awful. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf Few, including & maybe especially the gods, have little redeemable about them & I would have hated to have a been a woman living in those times. 3⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4092308156
Read 15th-19th Mar 2024

#ReadAway2024 #192025 (2020)

@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
@librarybelle 1mo

Librarybelle I‘ve not read anything by Fry…maybe one of these days! 1mo

DieAReader 🥳Great! 1mo

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