Clytemnestra

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When we meet Clytemnestra, she is a young princess of Sparta; a hunter and fighter who is close to her family, especially to her sister, Helen, the famed beauty who later flees for Troy. The heartbroken Clytemnestra takes her revenge on Agamemnon, which in turn provokes their other children, Electra and Orestes, to plot a revenge of their own. Clytemnestra’s rage, her heartbreak, and her determination radiate off the page—I was utterly gripped. 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. This was an aspect I sadly knew little about and so enjoyed the expansion of my knowledge through this story.

You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own.Also included are passages from ancient literature, like the Odyssey and the Iliad, supplying contrast and/or completing her own point of view. Clytemnestra is often condemned by history, regularly depicted as a fickle, devious, and murderous wife.

In the bathroom, Helen is already cleaning herself in the painted clay bath, the old wounds on her arms dressed with herbs. I love me a powerful female protagonist and Clytemnestra proved herself to be one, very early on in the telling of this tale. With the fire and spark of Madeline Miller and the depths of Mary Renault, Clytemnestra will keep you reading well into the small hours, and your dreams will be of worlds where women reach for the gods -- MANDA SCOTT Clytemnestra, whose name has come to epitomise female wickedness, has found a worthy advocate in Costanza Casati and this fascinating Greek myth retelling . This fiery tale of revenge and desire really is the stuff of legend—Casati’s unflinching storytelling is irresistible.She experiences great personal tragedy at various points in her life–as those of you who are familiar with Greek mythology will be aware of–and uses it to grow stronger, to shape herself into a figure of authority.