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The Return: how each new retelling of The Odyssey opens up the worlds of the women in this epic

The Return: how each new retelling of The Odyssey opens up the worlds of the women in this epic

Odysseus has returned home but his biggest challenge is still ahead of him, winning back the woman he loves.

09.04.2025 4

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Emily Hauser

Life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii show that ancient women didn’t just have to be wives to make a difference

Life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii show that ancient women didn’t just have to be wives to make a difference

This woman might have been a priestess of the goddess Ceres.

04.04.2025 10

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Odyssey by Stephen Fry – the tales of return from the Trojan war are charmingly retold but at an uncomfortable cost

Stephen Fry’s Odyssey is the final instalment in his retellings of Greek myth that began with Mythos. Here, Fry tells us, we move away from the...

04.10.2024 2

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The Voyage Home is a fierce and chilling end to Pat Barker’s Women of Troy trilogy

The legend of Troy – a city sparking with fire, a cataclysmic war and a refugee crisis – always has something more to offer writers looking for...

21.08.2024 2

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Emily Hauser