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Medea - A Review

Medea review is finally ready - it's a chunky one, enjoy!

Medea’s story is not an easy one to execute, and Hewlett has done a phenomenal job. It is clear she’s a classicist, from the narrative choices of which source material to lean on, to the casual application of context, this is probably going to be the best Mythological retelling of the year. As someone familiar with the original texts, and who already had a soft spot for Medea, this absolutely…

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Girl, Goddess, Queen - A Review

I’ll hold my hands up and say I went into this one expecting to hate it. Anyone who knows me knows I am fiercely protective of the integrity of the Persephone story, and the tagline of ‘Persephone wasn’t taken to Hell, she JUMPED’ rubbed me the wrong way from the first time this book crossed my path. However, I will also say that by the time I finished this book, I had laughed and very nearly…

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Clytemnestra - A Review

Costanza Casati’s Clytemnestra might be the best mythological retelling I have ever read. Yes, that’s a big claim, but it has everything I look for in a retelling. Let me explain: Narrative Splitting the work into four parts makes sense, and feels like the correct choice. It allows each episode of Clytemnestra’s life to exist separately, whilst informing and being informed by the others. I…

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Medusa - A Review

When I picked up Jessie Burton’s Medusa, I knew I was going to struggle with it. I recall reading the synopsis, and being struck with surprise at the choice to make Medusa’s story a romance, and a romance with Perseus at that. As a big Medusa fan, it just didn’t sit right with me to make her fall in love with her would-be murderer, and so I went into this read with perhaps a pre-emptive…

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Stone Blind - A Review

Stone Blind has been out for a few months now, and I’ve sat with my thoughts on it, reread passages, and dug out my Ovid for comparrison, and this is what I’ve reached. As with everything else on this blog, this is strongly influenced by my own opinions and perspectives, and despite any critiques I may make, I must first applaud Natalie Haynes for her skill and sensitivity in retelling one of the…

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apparently i’m aphrodite. don’t know how i feel about that. hm.

i made a uquiz to figure out which greek god you share vibes with

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i will never stop thinking about this poem my greek professor showed us

#just wow

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The god Dionysos sits on a throne and holds a tall torch. Around him are Helios (identifiable by his halo), Aphrodite (crowned), and other deities. Wall painting in the Fourth Style from the exedra of the House of M. Gavius Rufus (VII.2.16) at Pompeii; now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

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“𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡.”

—Yves Olade, When Rome Falls