Tag: Greek mythology
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The Penelopiad
Overview Overview Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad (2005) is a compact, slyly subversive retelling of Homer’s Odyssey that re-centers the narrative on Penelope and the twelve maidservants who are hanged at the end of the original epic. Written as a faux-memoir from Penelope’s vantage in the Underworld, punctuated by a persistent, shape-shifting chorus made up of… Read more
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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Review: This was a great book, both when it was originally published in 1942 and reading it now in 2025. In cliché terms it has stood the test of time as have the myths and epics described inside this remarkable volume. I have been reading Greek drama and myths since I was a youth so… Read more