2021/050: Ariadne -- Jennifer Saint

2021/050: Ariadne -- Jennifer Saint

I would be Medusa, if it came to it, I resolved. If the gods held me accountable one day for the sins of someone else, if they came for me to punish a man's actions, I would not hide away like Pasiphae. I would wear that coronet of snakes and the world would shrink from me. [loc. 205]

A retelling of the myths of Ariadne and Phaedra, with a decidedly feminist slant and an examination of the underlying oppression and cruelty at the heart of those myths. ( some spoilers for the myths )