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Author:

Carter, Valentine, author.

Title:

These great Athenians : retold passages from seldom heard voices / Valentine Carter.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Twenty Seven,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

227 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Homer.--Odyssey--Characters--Fiction.
Homer.--Odyssey--Fiction.
Penelope--(Greek mythological character)--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Mythology, Greek--Fiction.
Mythological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels in verse.

Summary:

A novel in verse that weaves together the stories and poetic voices of the many isolated women of Homer's Odyssey, including Alcmene, Anticleia, Ariadne, Athena, Calypso, Circe, Dawn, Epicaste, Eriphyle, Maera, Megara, Melantho, Penelope, Phaedra, Scylla, and Tyro.
Faithful Penelope waits for her husband?s return as she weaves a shroud that foretells her doom, Scylla once a beautiful nymph turned monster prowls the seas hungry for flesh, while the witch Circe falls for a man who will leave her. Weaving together their stories and poetic voices, this subtly moving and playful verse novel questions how do those without a voice find freedom within the world of men?

ISBN:

191434300X
9781914343001

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1294393526

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)