Sophie Floyd's library

Greek Mythology for Hot Girls

A handful of Greek mythology re-tellings by women. "..a tenderness in these books that could have only been written by women."

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   Elektra

   Jennifer Saint

   A retelling of the Trojan War and its aftermath through the perspectives of Elektra, her mother Clytemnestra, and the Trojan prophet Cassandra.

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   Atalanta

   Jennifer Saint

   A retelling of Greek myth centered on Atalanta, the hunter raised by a bear who joins the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece.

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   A Thousand Ships

   Natalie Haynes

   A retelling of the Trojan War through the perspectives of women whose lives were shaped by the conflict.

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   Stone Blind

   Natalie Haynes

   A retelling of the Medusa myth that explores how gods and heroes shape who is seen as a monster.

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   Circe

   Madeline Miller

   A bold feminist reimagining of the Greek myth of Circe, the banished goddess of magic who discovers her powers on the island of Aiaia.

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   The Song of Achilles

   Madeline Miller

   A retelling of the Trojan War through Patroclus’s perspective, centering his relationship with Achilles.

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