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Divine Might

Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:28th Sep '23

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The scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar from bestselling author Natalie Haynes.

Get ready to meet the goddesses, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora’s Jar, Natalie Haynes.

These are the stories of the Greek goddesses. As fearsome, powerful and beloved as their male counterparts, it’s time to look beyond the columns of a ruined temple to the awesome power within . . .

We meet Hera, who, whilst most often known for enacting vicious, creative revenge on the women – mortal or otherwise – who catch the wandering eye of her husband Zeus, turns out not to be such a villain after all.

We meet Demeter, a mother who will go to any lengths, no matter the cost, to retrieve her daughter Persephone from Hades’ clutches.

We’ll be introduced to The Furies, three women who will literally go to the ends of the earth to enact bloody vengeance but who, surprisingly, are the goddesses who can teach us the most about the way we live now.

Examining the role of these goddesses and more, Divine Might will change everything you thought you knew about our most ancient stories. Full of fire, fury and devotion, Natalie Haynes brings the divine women of Olympia kicking and screaming into the modern age.

Cheerfully erudite . . . academically rigorous . . . combining immense scholarship with a sarky easy-going tone * The Times *
Full of wonderful stories . . . packed with detail from ancient source material * The New Statesman *
Incredible stories about timeless emotions. * NB Magazine *
The great champion of women in Greek myth . . . One of the delights of the book is that Haynes reacquaints us with forgotten goddesses. * Daily Mail *
A powerful read that really opens a new dialogue on the Greek goddesses * Independent *

ISBN: 9781529089486

Dimensions: 242mm x 170mm x 32mm

Weight: 513g

304 pages