King Agamemnon of Mycenae was a mythical Greek god man who had absolute power and saw much betrayal, his and others against him, but he won the Trojan War.
The Trojan War cycle is replete with anecdotes of homewreckers and homecomings. Sure, everyone knows the sad stories of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and Odysseus and Penelope, but there are a few more tragic tales lurking in the background.
Book World: Natalie Haynes A Thousand Ships brilliantly reframes the Trojan War
Carol Memmott, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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Modern classicists are blowing up traditional notions about ancient narratives and sparking renewed interest in the mythological women whose dramas often play out in the shadows of their male counterparts.
Rock-star mythologist Natalie Haynes, like Madeline Miller, whose Circe retells the story of the witch at the center of The Odyssey, reboots ancient epics with fresh perspectives. Haynes highly praised 2017 novel, The Children of Jocasta, reimagines two Sophocles tragedies, and her most recent myth-based novel, A Thousand Ships, is equally provocative. Reimagining source material from Virgil, Homer, Euripides and others, Haynes delivers a sparkling narrative about the Trojan War that will appeal to fans of Game of Thrones as well as die-hard mythology nerds.