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Ithaca
Claire North • 2023
From the multi-award-winning author Claire North comes a daring reimagining that breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men. It’s time for the women of Ithaca to tell their tale . . .<br/><br/>"North brings a powerful, fresh, and unflinching voice to ancient myth. Breathtaking." —Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom.<br/><br/>Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door.<br/><br/>No one man is strong enough to claim Odysseus' empty throne—not yet. But as everyone waits for the balance of power to tip, Penelope knows that any choice she makes could plunge Ithaca into bloody civil war.<br/><br/>This is the story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, as it has never been told before. Beyond Ithaca's shores, the whims of gods dictate the wars of men. But on the isle, it is the choices of the abandoned women—and their goddesses—that will change the course of the world.
Pandora
Stokes-Chapman Susa • 2022
London, 1799. Dora Blake, an aspiring jewelry artist, lives with her odious uncle atop her late parents' once-famed shop of antiquities. After a mysterious Greek vase is delivered, her uncle begins to act suspiciously, keeping the vase locked in the store's basement, away from prying eyes--including Dora's. Intrigued by her uncle's peculiar behavior, Dora turns to young, ambitious antiquarian scholar Edward Lawrence who eagerly agrees to help. Edward believes the ancient vase is the key that will unlock his academic future; Dora sees it as a chance to establish her own name.<br/><br/>But what Edward discovers about the vase has Dora questioning everything she has believed about her life, her family, and the world as she knows it. As Dora uncovers the truth, she comes to understand that some doors are locked and some mysteries are buried for a reason, while others are closer to the surface than they appear.<br/><br/>Steeped in mystery and rich in imagination, an exhilarating historical novel set in Georgian London where the discovery of a mysterious ancient Greek vase sets in motion conspiracies, revelations, and romance.
Medusa
Jessie Burton • 2022
<p><b>A dazzling, lyrical YA retelling of Greek myth, from Jessie Burton, internationally bestselling author of <i>The Miniaturist</i> and<i> The Muse</i>.</b><br><br><b>"A powerfully feminist, elegiac, and original twist on this old story." </b><b>-Madeline Miller, bestselling author of <i>The Song of Achilles </i><br></b><br><i>If I told you that I'd killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what happened next?</i><br><br>Exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods, Medusa has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. But when a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is disrupted with the force of a supernova, unleashing desire, love, betrayal . . . and destiny itself.<br>With stunning, full-color illustrations and a first person narrative illuminating the fierce, vulnerable, determined girl behind the myth, this astonishing retelling is perfect for readers of <i>Circe,</i> and brings the story of Medusa to life for a new generation.</p>
Elektra: A Novel
Jennifer Saint • 2022
A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family. In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: no one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding. Elektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon’s youngest daughter, wants only for her beloved father to return home from war. But can she escape her family’s bloody history, or is her destiny bound by violence, too?
Ariadna
Jennifer Saint • 2021
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Atalanta
Saint Jennifer • 2024
Clitemnestra / Clytemnestra (Spanish Edition)
Costanza Casati • 2024
Clitemnestra, hermana de Helena de Troya, vio morir a los suyos a manos de Agamenón y urdió su venganza a fuego lento.<br/><br/>Una trama apasionante de poder, profecías, familia, odio y amor.<br/><br/>Clitemnestra es una princesa de Esparta, es fuerte, apasionada y con carácter. Su matrimonio con el rey Tántalo, de quien admira su inteligencia y curiosidad, pronto es bendecido con un hijo. Viven en paz hasta que Agamenón, el hermano del rey Menelao y esposo de su hermana Helena, se encapricha de Clitemnestra y decide asesinar al rey Tándalo y al bebé para poder casarse con ella. Rota por el dolor, durante años Clitemnestra soñará con la venganza, un sentimiento que crecerá alimentado por el horror y la impotencia cuando Agamenón, tras consultar al oráculo de Delfos, ofrezca a los dioses en sacrificio a su hija Ifigenia. Hasta la llegada de Egisto, nacido del incesto y de la violencia, que se convertirá en el amante de Clitemnestra y juntos pondrán fin a la vida de Agamenón.<br/><br/>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION<br/><br/>"Fans of Circe and Elektra should pick up this powerful Greek myth retelling." ―Cosmopolitan<br/><br/>For fans of Madeline Miller, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious villainess of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen.<br/><br/>As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best…<br/>You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved. And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot.<br/><br/>But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice.<br/><br/>Acceptance or vengeance, infamy follows both. So, you bide your time and force the gods' hands in the game of retribution. For you understood something long ago that the others never did.<br/>If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself.<br/><br/>A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to those who wronged her.
La canción de Aquiles
Madeline Miller • 2021
Grecia en la era de los héroes. Patroclo, un príncipe joven y torpe, ha sido exiliado al reino de Ftía, donde vive a la sombra del rey Peleo y su hijo divino, Aquiles. Aquiles, el mejor de los griegos, es todo lo que no es Patroclo: fuerte, apuesto, hijo de una diosa. Un día, Aquiles toma bajo su protección al lastimoso príncipe y ese vínculo provisional da paso a una sólida amistad mientras ambos se convierten en jóvenes habilidosos en las artes de la guerra. Pero el destino nunca está lejos de los talones de Aquiles. Cuando se extiende la noticia del rapto de Helena de Esparta, se convoca a los hombres de Grecia para asediar la ciudad de Troya. Aquiles, seducido por la promesa de un destino glorioso, se une a la causa, y Patroclo, dividido entre el amor y el miedo por su compañero, lo sigue a la guerra. Poco podía imaginar que los años siguientes iban a poner a prueba todo cuanto habían aprendido y todo cuanto valoraban profundamente.
Circe
Madeline Miller • 2020
"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. #1 New York Times bestseller -- named one of the best books of the year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, BuzzFeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, the Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider
Fantasy
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
Rick Riordan • 2014
All five books in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in paperback, collected in a boxed set fit for demigods, complete with a bonus poster!<br/><br/>Now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian.<br/>Accompany the son of the sea god Poseidon and his other demigod friends as they go on a series of quests that will have them facing monsters, gods, and conniving figures from Greek mythology. Do they have what it takes to save the Olympians from an ancient enemy?<br/>Whether it is for readers who are experiencing Percy's funny and thrilling adventures for the first time, or for fans who want to devour the saga again, this gift will be prized by readers aged 8-80.<br/>This beloved series, read in schools across the world, has inspired two motion pictures and a Broadway musical. It is currently in development for a television series on Disney+,
