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Penelopiad presents the cycle of stories about Penelope through the eyes of the twelve maids hanged for disloyalty to Odysseus in his absence.
Penelopiad presents the cycle of stories about Penelope through the eyes of the twelve maids hanged for disloyalty to Odysseus in his absence.
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Penelopiad presents the cycle of stories about Penelope through the eyes of the twelve maids hanged for disloyalty to Odysseus in his absence.
Penelopiad presents the cycle of stories about Penelope through the eyes of the twelve maids hanged for disloyalty to Odysseus in his absence.
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This is the Greek Camp of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women during the final weeks of the Trojan War. Briseis watches and waits for the war...Show more
This is the Greek Camp of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women during the final weeks of the Trojan War. Briseis watches and waits for the war's end. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms, until Achilles, looted her city and murdered her family and husband. She becomes Achilles's concubine and must become strategic in order to survive her new life.
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This is the Greek Camp of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women during the final weeks of the Trojan War. Briseis watches and waits for the war...Show more
This is the Greek Camp of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women during the final weeks of the Trojan War. Briseis watches and waits for the war's end. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms, until Achilles, looted her city and murdered her family and husband. She becomes Achilles's concubine and must become strategic in order to survive her new life.
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A coming of age tale that is told in verse about Geryon, a red winged monster who is also a boy. Geryon encounters Herakles. Is this Hercules tenth labor set during contemporary times with romance?
A coming of age tale that is told in verse about Geryon, a red winged monster who is also a boy. Geryon encounters Herakles. Is this Hercules tenth labor set during contemporary times with romance?
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A coming of age tale that is told in verse about Geryon, a red winged monster who is also a boy. Geryon encounters Herakles. Is this Hercules tenth labor set during contemporary times with romance?
A coming of age tale that is told in verse about Geryon, a red winged monster who is also a boy. Geryon encounters Herakles. Is this Hercules tenth labor set during contemporary times with romance?
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"Fictional memoirs offer Helen of Troy's perspective on her turbulent childhood, the alienating impact of her stunning beauty, her kidnapping by Thes...Show more
"Fictional memoirs offer Helen of Troy's perspective on her turbulent childhood, the alienating impact of her stunning beauty, her kidnapping by Theseus, her marriage to the king of Sparta, and her role in the devastating war that would change the world." --Provided by Publisher.
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"Fictional memoirs offer Helen of Troy's perspective on her turbulent childhood, the alienating impact of her stunning beauty, her kidnapping by Thes...Show more
"Fictional memoirs offer Helen of Troy's perspective on her turbulent childhood, the alienating impact of her stunning beauty, her kidnapping by Theseus, her marriage to the king of Sparta, and her role in the devastating war that would change the world." --Provided by Publisher.
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"The novel is based on Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, two of Classical Greece's most compelling tragedies. Told in intersecting narratives, this fem...Show more
"The novel is based on Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, two of Classical Greece's most compelling tragedies. Told in intersecting narratives, this feminist reimagining of Sophocles' classic plays brings life and voice to the women who were too often forced to the background of their own stories. It is compulsively entertaining fiction that recasts these familiar stories for the twenty-first century reader." --Provided by the Publisher.
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"The novel is based on Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, two of Classical Greece's most compelling tragedies. Told in intersecting narratives, this fem...Show more
"The novel is based on Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, two of Classical Greece's most compelling tragedies. Told in intersecting narratives, this feminist reimagining of Sophocles' classic plays brings life and voice to the women who were too often forced to the background of their own stories. It is compulsively entertaining fiction that recasts these familiar stories for the twenty-first century reader." --Provided by the Publisher.
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"A woman's epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world's great tale ever told." -- Provided by Publisher.
"A woman's epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world's great tale ever told." -- Provided by Publisher.
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"A woman's epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world's great tale ever told." -- Provided by Publisher.
"A woman's epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world's great tale ever told." -- Provided by Publisher.
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"This author has a knack for breathing life into Greek mythology and a really vivid way of bringing the Mediterranean natural world to life, too, the...Show more
"This author has a knack for breathing life into Greek mythology and a really vivid way of bringing the Mediterranean natural world to life, too, the birds. islands, the cypress and fig trees. You know Circe, right? In this telling, she had a good reason for turning Odysseus's crew into pigs." --Provided by My Librarian Diana A.
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"This author has a knack for breathing life into Greek mythology and a really vivid way of bringing the Mediterranean natural world to life, too, the...Show more
"This author has a knack for breathing life into Greek mythology and a really vivid way of bringing the Mediterranean natural world to life, too, the birds. islands, the cypress and fig trees. You know Circe, right? In this telling, she had a good reason for turning Odysseus's crew into pigs." --Provided by My Librarian Diana A.
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"Miller retells the story of the Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus, Achilles' bosom friend. She captures both the huge mythic scope of Achilles...Show more
"Miller retells the story of the Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus, Achilles' bosom friend. She captures both the huge mythic scope of Achilles and his godlike gift and the feeling of Greece and Troy, the wind blowing over the ocean, the smell of olive groves, the love between two teenage boys." -- Provided by My Librarian Diana A.
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"Miller retells the story of the Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus, Achilles' bosom friend. She captures both the huge mythic scope of Achilles...Show more
"Miller retells the story of the Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus, Achilles' bosom friend. She captures both the huge mythic scope of Achilles and his godlike gift and the feeling of Greece and Troy, the wind blowing over the ocean, the smell of olive groves, the love between two teenage boys." -- Provided by My Librarian Diana A.
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"The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. I...Show more
"The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In return it gave him the ability to converse with supernatural creatures, gods and goddesses who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape." --Provided by Publisher.
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"The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. I...Show more
"The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In return it gave him the ability to converse with supernatural creatures, gods and goddesses who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape." --Provided by Publisher.
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