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Quality
This book revisits some of the most well done women in greek myths and gives them their story back so that they are on an equal... Read More
I was also delighted by the inclusion of wonder woman and buffy the vampire slayer in the chapter on the amazons
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No shrieking harpy here but a steadfast questioning
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- This product had a total of 30 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 28 2020.
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The other reason is i sometimes found following her train of thought to be a little like trying to unravel the nature of the prize from the clues on the old game show ‘321’
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You know the answer is there but it’s just out of reach
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It was such an interesting look at women who are usually marginalised or portrayed as dark and badevil
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This book will be popular with everyone from classicists to readers whose only knowledge of these characters comes from halfremembered childrens stories
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Haynes writes in a way that is accessible to all but wont bore readers with a prior knowledge of the texts discussed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Referring both to original sources and and modern adaptations natalie haynes devotes separate chapters to various wellknown women from ancient greek myth and literature
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Like those programmes it contains proper scholarship alongside relatable and sometimes popculture side bars
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Each chapter focuses on a different woman from ancient myth some well known helen penelope others less so penthesilea phaedra providing an indepth discussion of how female characters have been depicted
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