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03812aam a22004455a 4500 001 48FF290A940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 230303s2022 xxu es 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0063139472 020 $a 9780063139473 028 42 $a MWT15715491 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 292.211 $2 23 100 1 $a Haynes, Natalie, $e author. 245 10 $a Pandora's jar : $b women in Greek myths $h [electronic resource] / $c Natalie Haynes. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Harper Perennial, $c 2022. 300 $a 1 online resource 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 520 $a "Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!"-Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women at the heart of classical stories Greek mythology from Helen of Troy to Pandora and the Amazons to Medea. The tellers of Greek myths-historically men-have routinely sidelined the female characters. When they do take a larger role, women are often portrayed as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil-like Pandora, the woman of eternal scorn and damnation whose curiosity is tasked with causing all the world's suffering and wickedness when she opened that forbidden box. But, as Natalie Hayes reveals, in early Greek myths there was no box. It was a jar . . . which is far more likely to tip over. In Pandora's Jar, the broadcaster, writer, stand-up comedian, and passionate classicist turns the tables, putting the women of the Greek myths on an equal footing with the men. With wit, humor, and savvy, Haynes revolutionizes our understanding of epic poems, stories, and plays, resurrecting them from a woman's perspective and tracing the origins of their mythic female characters. She looks at women such as Jocasta, Oedipus' mother-turned-lover (turned Freudian sticking point), who gouged out her eyes upon discovering the truth about her new relationship, and was less helpless than we have been led to believe. She considers Helen of Troy-whose face famously "launch'd a thousand ships," but was decidedly more child than woman when she was accused of "causing" the Trojan war. She demonstrates how the vilified Medea was like an ancient Beyonce-getting her revenge on the men who hurt and betrayed her, perhaps justifiably so. And she turns her eye to Medusa-the serpent-like seductress whose stare turned men to stone-who wasn't always a monster, and was far more victim than perpetrator. Pandora's Jar brings nuance and care to the centuries-old myths and legends and asks the question: Why we were so quick to villainize these women in the first place-and so eager to accept the stories we've been told? 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 00 $a Clytemnestra, $c Queen of Mycenae. 600 00 $a Hera $c (Greek deity) 600 00 $a Athena $c (Greek deity) 600 00 $a Artemis $c (Greek deity) 600 00 $a Eurydice $c (Greek mythological character) 600 00 $a Penelope $c (Greek mythological character) 650 0 $a Women $x Mythology $z Greece. 650 0 $a Mythology, Greek. 650 0 $a Jocasta (Greek mythology) 650 0 $a Women $x Mythology. 650 0 $a Electronic books. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14280717?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780063139473_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206012603.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48FF290A940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search