This is the Retelling of the story of Circe from her birth to her involvement in the Odyssey and beyond.
Circe here reminds me of myself as her company is unwanted by all who surround her as she is different from all the others. She is not interested in the great parties, the gossip or the other guests. Instead she is prone to wondering the great halls alone wanting her fathers attention while avoiding her mother.
This lack of attention causes great loneliness in herself as she has no purpose. She has great strength but doesn’t believe in herself because of the ridicule she has previously received from her loved ones. Her innocence and naïveté cause her to fall in love with the first man she sets eyes upon. This is unrequited love but she cannot see it until he falls in love with another. All she wanted was to help another because she cared for him but it wasn’t to be. She repeats the pattern as she cannot help the fact she has so much love to give it spills over. She needs an outlet but without children what is an Ancient Greek girl to do?
You can listen to a sample of this book if you are not too sure about buying it on Audible. It is alternative history as the female side of things tends not to survive. Hence we have history or his story.
Best wishes
Angela
I am waiting with baited breath for this book to go on super sale. I read the sample and was sold!
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It’s an awesome book so far!
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Would definitely read it! Thank you
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I’m looking forward to reading and writing about Heroes when I’ve finished with this one.
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Greek mythology should be taught everywhere. There are so many elements in it that still affect our daily life, the way we think and talk, our beliefs etc..
I am looking forward to reading your posts 🙂
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It is but only a neutered version.
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I’d just read this when I very next thing met a young woman I so imagined Circe might have looked like that when she introduced herself I thought I heard “Circe”, which was not her name.
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It’s fascinating how what we have just seen or read remains with us when we are interacting with the rest of the world and colours our perceptions of current events.
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Ha ha. I thought it was a massive coincidence but was corrected by the other woman I’d met. I’m thinking reality is a difficult thing for autists to grapple with.
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Reality is a difficult concept for anyone to deal with as we all hallucinate all the time when participating in what is termed reality. It can’t really be adequately explained as it is different from moment to moment, place to place and person to person. Sorry for the Philosophy lesson.
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Absurdism appeals to me as a coping mechanism right now. I’m Australian, for context.
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Ah yes that would make sense. It must be horrible having to endure what you guys have recently been through.
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I’m personally fortunate to have avoided it. And my family etc. But yes it’s been devastating.
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The trials of being autistic hey.
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I really enjoyed this book. Being a longtime fan of Greek mythology, this new twist on the old myth felt right. It portrayed Circe as more than a two-dimensional man-hater and coaxed more of her story into the light.
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Yes I really liked that they did much more with her story. All I can recall from before is something to do with turning Odysseus men into pigs.
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That was pretty much the extent of it. And then bending to Odysseus’s will, giving him two sons and watching him leave after a year.
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I can see why they felt the need to change it.
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