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Review: Engaging Reading - Excellent reading, even if you're not that familiar with Greek myth. Natalie Haynes is erudite, entertaining, and humorous in her contemporary explorations of Hera, Aphrodite, Artemis, Demeter, Hestia, Athene, the Furies, and the Muses. She has a real ability to examine aspects of the contemporary world through these ancient myths.
Review: A Favorite Author of Greek Mythology! - DIVINE MIGHT: GODDESSES IN GREEK MYTH BY: NATALIE HAYNES Natalie Haynes prolific author of so many feminist retelling regarding Greek Mythology has written another absorbing non-fiction book called "Divine Might," has written about several goddesses which my favorite two are about Hera and Artemis. She has used modern movies and art and many other mediums to retell often vilified goddesses and has offered her interpretation which removes the fault with which many have been attributed. With Artemis the hunter with the quill of arrows and bow an example to see the goddesses from the female perspective she uses a well known source from two of Euripides's plays. Artemis who was never a stranger to child sacrifice Natalie Haynes gives as an example last play Euripides wrote which was produced posthumously, around 405 BCE., in which we are all familiar with called "Iphigenia in Aulis," It basically depicts the events which took place when the Greek forces mass at Aulis, planning to set sail from there to Troy. Achilles has already proven himself to be the greatest warrior among the men when Agamemnon was the commander of the Greek war effort against Troy. They are gathered with the intent of retrieving Helen who fled Sparta to be with Paris. Agamemnon's sister-in-law that has abandoned his brother Menelaus. The Greeks have been unable to sail and the cause has been deemed to have been some kind of offense to Artemis. The exact reason for the offense has varied depending on the source. It could have been attributed to Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus's father who offended the goddess Artemis by promising to sacrifice an animal, and then failing do so therefore failing to fulfill his promise. As Natalie Haynes states Greek gods don't mind taking their revenge on a later generation. She also states about an ancient scholar, writing about the now-lost epic poem the "Cypria," says that Agamemnon was responsible for an excessive prideful slur, After shooting a deer , the Greek King full of self confidence boasted that not even Artemis could have done a better job as a hunter. This kind of slur rarely goes down well on Olympus. Pseudo-Apollodorus suggested that both were the cause. Agamemnon claimed to be as skillful of a hunter as Artemis the goddess of hunters. Also, his father failed to keep a promise to sacrifice a golden sheep. Either reason, the Greek priest Calchas interpreted the wrath of Artemis as requiring a sacrifice of Agamemnon. He summons his own daughter, Iphigenia, to Aulis by instructing his wife Clytemnestra to bring their eldest daughter for the reason that Iphigenia is going to be married to Achilles while that was his subterfuge that he used to get his wife to bring her by sending a letter when knowing all along he was going to sacrifice Iphigenia. He changed his mind and wrote a second letter saying that she can get married another year, and not to bring her. Menelaus grabs the letter from the old priest and reads it, and when the priest berates Menelaus for reading the letter that wasn't meant for him. Menelaus responds that the old man shouldn't have been carrying something that was bad for Greece. More specifically Menelaus saw the letter as being bad for him to get his wife back, who was the beautiful Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra's younger sister. Menelaus pockets the letter and confronts his brother. Agamemnon had been happy or pleased to sacrifice his daughter to Artemis. They argue without mentioning the offense to Artemis. You all know the rest of the story Iphigenia dies. As I said that has been a favorite of mine and for reasons of keeping this brief I won't go into the section I liked about Hera. I did enjoy this book and it clearly shows Natalie Haynes has meticulously researched this. Publication Date: January 2, 2024: Available Now To Purchase!

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging Reading
*by M***J on January 20, 2026*

Excellent reading, even if you're not that familiar with Greek myth. Natalie Haynes is erudite, entertaining, and humorous in her contemporary explorations of Hera, Aphrodite, Artemis, Demeter, Hestia, Athene, the Furies, and the Muses. She has a real ability to examine aspects of the contemporary world through these ancient myths.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Favorite Author of Greek Mythology!
*by K***1 on January 2, 2024*

DIVINE MIGHT: GODDESSES IN GREEK MYTH BY: NATALIE HAYNES Natalie Haynes prolific author of so many feminist retelling regarding Greek Mythology has written another absorbing non-fiction book called "Divine Might," has written about several goddesses which my favorite two are about Hera and Artemis. She has used modern movies and art and many other mediums to retell often vilified goddesses and has offered her interpretation which removes the fault with which many have been attributed. With Artemis the hunter with the quill of arrows and bow an example to see the goddesses from the female perspective she uses a well known source from two of Euripides's plays. Artemis who was never a stranger to child sacrifice Natalie Haynes gives as an example last play Euripides wrote which was produced posthumously, around 405 BCE., in which we are all familiar with called "Iphigenia in Aulis," It basically depicts the events which took place when the Greek forces mass at Aulis, planning to set sail from there to Troy. Achilles has already proven himself to be the greatest warrior among the men when Agamemnon was the commander of the Greek war effort against Troy. They are gathered with the intent of retrieving Helen who fled Sparta to be with Paris. Agamemnon's sister-in-law that has abandoned his brother Menelaus. The Greeks have been unable to sail and the cause has been deemed to have been some kind of offense to Artemis. The exact reason for the offense has varied depending on the source. It could have been attributed to Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus's father who offended the goddess Artemis by promising to sacrifice an animal, and then failing do so therefore failing to fulfill his promise. As Natalie Haynes states Greek gods don't mind taking their revenge on a later generation. She also states about an ancient scholar, writing about the now-lost epic poem the "Cypria," says that Agamemnon was responsible for an excessive prideful slur, After shooting a deer , the Greek King full of self confidence boasted that not even Artemis could have done a better job as a hunter. This kind of slur rarely goes down well on Olympus. Pseudo-Apollodorus suggested that both were the cause. Agamemnon claimed to be as skillful of a hunter as Artemis the goddess of hunters. Also, his father failed to keep a promise to sacrifice a golden sheep. Either reason, the Greek priest Calchas interpreted the wrath of Artemis as requiring a sacrifice of Agamemnon. He summons his own daughter, Iphigenia, to Aulis by instructing his wife Clytemnestra to bring their eldest daughter for the reason that Iphigenia is going to be married to Achilles while that was his subterfuge that he used to get his wife to bring her by sending a letter when knowing all along he was going to sacrifice Iphigenia. He changed his mind and wrote a second letter saying that she can get married another year, and not to bring her. Menelaus grabs the letter from the old priest and reads it, and when the priest berates Menelaus for reading the letter that wasn't meant for him. Menelaus responds that the old man shouldn't have been carrying something that was bad for Greece. More specifically Menelaus saw the letter as being bad for him to get his wife back, who was the beautiful Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra's younger sister. Menelaus pockets the letter and confronts his brother. Agamemnon had been happy or pleased to sacrifice his daughter to Artemis. They argue without mentioning the offense to Artemis. You all know the rest of the story Iphigenia dies. As I said that has been a favorite of mine and for reasons of keeping this brief I won't go into the section I liked about Hera. I did enjoy this book and it clearly shows Natalie Haynes has meticulously researched this. Publication Date: January 2, 2024: Available Now To Purchase!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Funny and smart
*by T***A on October 31, 2024*

A great book on the main Greek goddesses their antics and personalities; it is funny, easy to understand, the associations with popculture are smart and most especially, she writes them from a woman's point of view. Refreshing

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