wonder | wander | women enjoy compiling and sharing our summer reading and holiday book lists as we read, read, read all throughout the year.
Greek tales are having a recent renaissance with feminist retellings that are not just reclaiming women in mythology but are also turning patriarchal folklore on its head.
There’s something about our oldest stories that never gets old. Rereading classical mythology can be an exercise in surprise and recognition mixed together.
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| The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer - Emily Wilson’s translations |
There are things missed in a myth from previous tellings that can be utterly vital to understanding its meaning. Myths hit us somewhere below the brain, at some irrational, dreamlike level that somehow feels truer than regular stories.
