EAN: 9781529089493

DIVINE MIGHT - NATALIE HAYNES KARTONIERT (TB)

In Divine Might Natalie Haynes  author of the bestselling Pandora's Jar   returns to the world
of Greek myth and this time she examines the role of the goddesses.   We meet Athene  who
sprang fully formed from her father's head: goddess of war and wisdom  guardian of Athens. We
run with Artemis  goddess of hunting and protector of young girls (apart from those she decides
she wants as a sacrifice). Here is Aphrodite  goddess of sex and desire - there is no deity
more determined and able to make you miserable if you annoy her. And then there's the queen of
all the Olympian gods: Hera  Zeus's long-suffering wife  whose jealousy of his dalliances with
mortals  nymphs and goddesses lead her to wreak elaborate  vicious revenge on those who have
wronged her.   We also meet Demeter  goddess of agriculture and mother of the kidnapped
Persephone  we sing the immortal song of the Muses and we warm ourselves with Hestia  goddess
of the hearth and sacrificial fire. The Furies carry flames of another kind - black fires of
vengeance for those who incur their wrath.  These goddesses are as mighty  revered and
destructive as their male counterparts. Isn't it time we looked beyond the columns of a ruined
temple to the awesome power within?

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