pickHell yes. Exactly what I didn't quite realize I always wanted, the tale of the Trojan War told in events that precipitated it, and events that happened as result/consequences after it ended, all through the perspectives of various female characters, goddesses, nymphs, princesses, priestesses, mothers and daughters, many now enslaved.
Having recently reread the Iliad and Odyssey, it's that much more gratifying to see a modern, 1/?
Penelope's so done. 😆
Witness Paris tap dancing around answering in one of the most famed no-win situations. 🍎🫣
Oh, Penelope, get in line! Don't worry, it'll happen. 🔪
Yeah, safe to say Paris is not known for his shining reputation.
How do you keep some sense of normality when your city is under the threat of siege, when your populace is at war, for a decade? How do you let people be people whenever duty isn't demanding more than any should have to face?
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1. Wine. White in the summer, red in the winter.
2. A Thousand Ships, which I read with #LiteraryCrew . The Trojan War from the women‘s perspective. Fabulous!
Thanks for the tag, @dabbe
Some POVs repeat, certain are longer one-offs; I never felt like the time with each was too short. 2w
Suggestion of Athene having a crush on Odysseus? Known that she favoured him, but I like that take.
Between this and Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes is committed to making Zeus into a buffoon, and I support that.
The muse in particular having her own repeated POV, her own voice, directing the narrative, was perfect. 2w
Incredibly smooth read, probably down to a combination of the quality of the writing and my familiarity with the events and characters described - despite shifting POVs and jumbled timeline, I was never lost. 2w
⚠️slavery, child death,SA 2w