Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

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'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of … but read on!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale

The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories.

Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Homer to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, from the Trojan War to Jason and the Argonauts. And still, today, a wealth of novels, plays and films draw their inspiration from stories first told almost three thousand years ago. But modern tellers of Greek myth have usually been men, and have routinely shown little interest in telling women’s stories. And when they do, those women are often painted as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil. But Pandora – the first woman, who according to legend unloosed chaos upon the world – was not a villain, and even Medea and Phaedra have more nuanced stories than generations of retellings might indicate.

Now, in Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, Natalie Haynes – broadcaster, writer and passionate classicist – redresses this imbalance. Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, she puts the women of the Greek myths on equal footing with the menfolk. After millennia of stories telling of gods and men, be they Zeus or Agamemnon, Paris or Odysseus, Oedipus or Jason, the voices that sing from these pages are those of Hera, Athena and Artemis, and of Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Eurydice and Penelope.

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Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

125 Recensioner: 4.7
Längd: 9T 23min
Språk: Engelska
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Kategori: Historia

'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of … but read on!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale

The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories.

Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Homer to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, from the Trojan War to Jason and the Argonauts. And still, today, a wealth of novels, plays and films draw their inspiration from stories first told almost three thousand years ago. But modern tellers of Greek myth have usually been men, and have routinely shown little interest in telling women’s stories. And when they do, those women are often painted as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil. But Pandora – the first woman, who according to legend unloosed chaos upon the world – was not a villain, and even Medea and Phaedra have more nuanced stories than generations of retellings might indicate.

Now, in Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, Natalie Haynes – broadcaster, writer and passionate classicist – redresses this imbalance. Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, she puts the women of the Greek myths on equal footing with the menfolk. After millennia of stories telling of gods and men, be they Zeus or Agamemnon, Paris or Odysseus, Oedipus or Jason, the voices that sing from these pages are those of Hera, Athena and Artemis, and of Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Eurydice and Penelope.

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wanda
11 mars 2021
Mooie verhalen, en intrigerend perspectief.....geweldig verteld en voorgelezen...er zouden veel veel meer van dit soort boeken mogen zijn....
Listening
26 feb. 2023
A bit dry, but still worth a listen.
Stinne
8 dec. 2021
Very interesting to hear old myths from perspectives you rarely hear about in our time and how so much history is ‘pick and choose’ instead of the full picture
Melanie
16 jan. 2021
In de Griekse mythologie komen veel vrouwelijke figuren voor. Maar vaak mist haar perspectief op haar eigen verhaal. Dit boek geeft deze vrouwen een stem en context. Haynes heeft overduidelijk met veel passie studie gemaakt naar deze vrouwen, en het boek is heel toegankelijk omdat ze zo veel humor gebruikt, en een prachtig e schrijfstijl heeft. Geweldig voorgelezen ook. Ik hoop dat er ook een kinderboek van komt.
Kat
5 jan. 2023
Brilliant. She is acerbic, witty and so wonderfully angry. Immeasurably pleasurable.
Maria
23 nov. 2022
Supergod bog, meget gennemført og smukt skrevet. Elsker oplæsningen!
Suzanne
28 apr. 2022
Not only does this book adress a topic that I find extremely interesting, but it also discusses this matter in an appropriate, pleasant and sometimes funny way. Moreover, the author invites the reader to form their own opinion without imposing her own judgement, which I find essential for books such as this. The structure of the book makes it easy to understand and follow. Haynes’s sources are clearly stated without disrupting the flow of the story.She succeeds in putting matters into perspective, also within its respective time-period. All in all, I recommend this book to everyone who is interested in this topic. It was certainly worth my time.
P
5 okt. 2021
A good mix between history, myths and the pressent. Relatable, inspringen and funny! Extra plus. It is read by the writer herself and you can hear it!
Architha
18 feb. 2023
This book is more of an academic piece of work than a reimagination. I went into it blindly and absolutely loved it!
Mia
28 juli 2022
Spennende bok som gir innsyn i kvinnene sitt ståsted