This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we’re reading Greek Mythology Retellings! Our first read is Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk receptions, regicide, and retellings.
Content warnings: References to violence, sexism, rape, gore, incest, murder including matricide and filicide, death/suicide, child loss, kidnapping, sexual slavery, pedophilia, coercion, beastiality.
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Other media mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:
The Oresteia by Aeschylus [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Elektra by Sophocles [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Elektra by Euripedes [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
The Iliad by Homer (trans. Martin Hammond) [Penguin Website]
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Elektra by Jennifer Saint [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Series) by Rick Riordan [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Sistersong by Lucy Holland [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell [Order Online]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
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