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Onderdeel van de reeks(en)The Trojan trilogy (Book 3)
In the "Iliad" Homer tells the story of the last days of the War at Troy, and of the men who fought in it. "Trojan Women" creates previously unheard voices of the brave women of Troy, for whose possession the war began and tells their intimate, passionate, and tragic story. Helen, for whom the war was fought, Cassandra, the mad daughter of Priam King of Troy whose prophecies were dangerously ignored until the all came true, Hecabe, Queen of Troy who saw her world destroyed and her husband, King Priam, slain, and Andromache, perhaps the most tragic figure of all who lost parents, husband, and child. Through the eyes of the principle characters, Chryseis and Briseis, captured by Achilles as spoils of war and held for ransom, for slavery, or as playthings for men's pleasure, we see the last terrible days of battle and the capture and final destruction of Troy, the richest city in the world. Written in the tradition of Mary Renault's "Bull from the Sea," Yourcenar's "Memoirs of Hadrian," and Vidal's "Julian," reader/ reviewers have said of "Trojan Women," "I read it non-stop; I could not put it aside until I had finished it." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Chryseis had been to her parents a miracle child of great beauty who has the ability to experience mystical visions that should guarantee her future but instead merits her doom as a captive slave to Agamemnon and forces her to keep that “gift of the god” secret. Chryseis is the “Cressida” of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.
Then the voice becomes that of Briseis, another captive of Achilles who rounds out the Greek p.o.v.
From inside Troy, Hecabe, Andrmoache, Kassandra, and the alien Greek Helen complete the first person voices that give witness to events in this re-imagining of the "Iliad"
I enjoyed this book for its evocation of ancient Greece, the use of language evocative of the Iliad, and the insight into the imagined world of women in a dark and brutal time of whom little is really known. The novel stirred my memories of the ruins I have toured in Greece, and my imagination for the places I haven’t been except through reading. The Kindle e-book includes a non-fiction historical afterward, “The Reality of Troy.” ( )