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Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
by Natalie Haynes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
This book tells the story of the women in many of the well known Greek stories, starting with Pandora. Each section starts with the story as most people know it today, and then the author compares the text where that story came from (usually a Renaissance or 19th century re-telling) with other "contemporary" sources.
It's absolutely fascinating. The author compares a lot of the original Greek word choices, especially when identical words were used when telling the men's stories, and how they got mistranslated along the way.
What I love is that you can hear the anger of the author building in each section. Each time she tells the story of a woman being shoved to the sidelines, ignored, or their assault downplayed you can feel the fury rising.
My other favorite but may be my favorite line in a book ever: when telling the story of Jocasta, Oedipus's mother/wife, she talks about how it's odd that most modern people associate the play with the title Oedipus Rex versus Oedipus Tyrannus, which would be the Greek title instead of Rex, which is Latin. It's double odd because most people hear Rex and think of dinosaurs, which do not feature in the story.
There's a LOT of the very English witty humor, and I enjoyed it.
This is a fascinating book that I highly recommend. You've never heard the stories like this before.
It's absolutely fascinating. The author compares a lot of the original Greek word choices, especially when identical words were used when telling the men's stories, and how they got mistranslated along the way.
What I love is that you can hear the anger of the author building in each section. Each time she tells the story of a woman being shoved to the sidelines, ignored, or their assault downplayed you can feel the fury rising.
My other favorite but may be my favorite line in a book ever: when telling the story of Jocasta, Oedipus's mother/wife, she talks about how it's odd that most modern people associate the play with the title Oedipus Rex versus Oedipus Tyrannus, which would be the Greek title instead of Rex, which is Latin. It's double odd because most people hear Rex and think of dinosaurs, which do not feature in the story.
There's a LOT of the very English witty humor, and I enjoyed it.
This is a fascinating book that I highly recommend. You've never heard the stories like this before.