Bibliograph

These great Athenians, retold passages from seldom heard voices, Valentine Carter

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These great Athenians, retold passages from seldom heard voices, Valentine Carter

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

These great Athenians

Oclc number

1294393526

Responsibility statement

Valentine Carter

Sub title

retold passages from seldom heard voices

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 TyroFaithful 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?

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