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Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
3) Elektra
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Elektra is a spellbinding reimagining of the story of one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must...
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"From the Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy comes a monumental new masterpiece, set in the midst of literature's most famous war. Pat Barker turns her attention to the timeless legend of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War. The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, who continue to wage bloody war over a stolen...
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[2021]
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English
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A feminist retelling of The Iliad. Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war--including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean; it does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins...
6) Achilles
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English
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This powerful, passionate, and beautifully crafted retelling of the epic tale of Achilles re-creates Homer's fated hero in a new and striking reality. Born of the Sea nymph Thetis by the mortal King Peleus, and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatest warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters-among them, Hector, Helen, Penthiseleia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and...
7) The Hittite
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Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
317 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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This is the tale of Lukka, the Hittite soldier who traveled across Greece in search of the vicious slave traders who kidnapped his wife and sons. He tracks them all the way to war-torn Troy. There he proves himself a warrior to rank with noble Hector and swift Achilles. Lukka is the man who built the Trojan horse for crafty Odysseus, who toppled the walls of Jericho for the Israelites, who stole beautiful Helen-the legendary face that launched a thousand...
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English
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"Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, and must try to find her place in a world that she knows to be perilous; years later, will her friendship with a young Amazon princess named Rin help her to avert a disastrous end to their war?"--
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Helen: the woman whose face "launched a thousand ships." Born to Leda from a liaison with Zeus, terrifyingly beautiful from birth, Helen finds happiness with Menelaus and their daughter, Hermione. But when Helen catches a glimpse of the visiting Trojan prince Paris, she becomes painfully aware of the passion missing in her life, and the two soon elope to Troy in the dead of night, unleashing a war that changes their world"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Delphic women volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 395 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cassandra, the golden haired princess cursed with the gift of prophecy, and Diomenes, the Achean with the healing hands, become the leading players in this compelling story of the fall of Troy. Both have found love before, and lost it. Will they find each other in the light of the burning city? And, if they do, can their love survive the machinations of malicious gods and men?
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But what if there was more to the tale of these heroes than we know? How would the Trojan War have looked as seen through the eyes of its women? Krisayis, the ambitious, determined daughter of the High Priest of Troy, and Briseis, loyal and passionate princess of Pedasus, interweave their tales alongside Homer s classic story of the rage of Achilles and the gods of Olympus. What follows is a breathtaking tale of love and revenge, destiny and the determination,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
ix, 370 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships-but now it's time to hear her side of the story. Daughters of Sparta is a tale of secrets, love, and tragedy from the women behind mythology's most devastating war, the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra"--
As princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. With their high birth and unrivaled beauty, they are the...
13) The song of Troy
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Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
404 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Myth-o-mania volume 9
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
223 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this updated version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, reveals the truth about Helen of Troy and the Trojan War.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
452 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The gods wanted blood. She fought for love. Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgender priestesses of Great Mother Aphrodite. When Odysseus comes to recruit the "prince" Achilles for a war against the Hittites, she prepares to die rather than fight as a man. However, her divine mother, Athena, intervenes, transforming her body into the woman's body she always longed for, and promises...
18) Ithaka
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The island of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors demanding that Penelope choose a new husband, as she patiently awaits the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War.
20) An Iliad
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st. ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 158 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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