Tag: mythology

• March 22, 2022

  Persephone: Women in MythaThon

  For the Persephone prompt in the Women in MythaThon readathon, I chose Persephone by Kaitlin Bevis. Imagine being a teenage girl in modern times and discovering that you are a Goddess. In Persephone Persephone only discovers that she is the actual Goddess Persephone after a kidnapping attempt. Her mother, Demeter, sends her to the Underworld…
• March 8, 2022

  Daughters of Sparta: Women in Myth-A-Thon

  Intro: For the “Clytemnestra” prompt in the Women in MythAThon readathon, I chose to read Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood. The book tells the story of Helen and Klytemnestra, sisters and princesses of Sparta. Before Helen is Helen of Troy, she is married to Menelaus. Klytemnestra is married to Agamemnon, who is Menelaus’s brother.…
• March 1, 2022

  Athena’s Child: Women in Myth-A-Thon

  Livy at Shelves of Starlight is hosting the Women in Myth-A-Thon readathon during March. For the prompt “Medusa,” I read Athena’s Child by Hannah Lynn. Review: When Medusa is a young woman, she dedicated her life to serving the Goddess Athena. She was a priestess in the Temple of Athena until Poseidon sexually assaults her…