Ariadne: The Mesmerising Sunday Times Bestselling Retelling of Ancient Greek Myth

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Later I learned that to Minos the labrys represented the power of Zeus, used to summon the thunder—a mighty display of dominance. When Theseus, prince of Athens, is sent as part of that city’s annual sacrifice to the Minotaur, a smitten Ariadne helps him defeat the monster and they flee Crete together. Years later, it is apparent that both women bear the scars of sorrow, love, betrayal and now deep seeded suspicion of each other as the events that shaped them now threatens to pull them apart. Jennifer Saint's ARIADNE is a shimmering tapestry of two sisters bound by deceit and the shadows of family history.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Me gusto mucho los temas que se manejaron y como se manejaron, el cómo la infancia y relación que tuvieron con su madre definió su futuro y la forma en que afrontaban los problemas. The story of two sisters, love and betrayal, dispair faith and most of all hope, set amidst a background of God's and monsters from Greek mythology. At the center gleamed a huge, polished circle, and this was where I spent the happiest hours of my youth. Praise for Jennifer Saint and ARIADNE: 'Exquisitely written and exceptionally moving, this is a mythical retelling to savour. It is pretty much a domestic situation where Ariadne raises a family whilst being involved in a combination of women’s refuge and religious cult.

As the women navigate their changing positions of power, they court disaster at the hands of both gods and men. She spent the next thirteen years as an English teacher, sharing a love of literature and creative writing with her students. A page-turner…If you like Madeline Miller's Circe and Son of Achilles, you will eat up Ariadne, a retelling of yIt was her very delicacy, her refinement, and her sweetness that had made her his boast and must have made her degradation seem so very delectable to Poseidon. As someone of Greek heritage myself, I find it fascinating that my ancestors wove such intricate, and often brutal, tales about the world around them, and I’ve loved learning about Greek myths ever since my Percy Jackson days and my Latin classes! In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne’s decision to betray Crete for Theseus ensure her happy ending? It seemed the night skies were littered with mortals who had encountered the gods and now stood as blazing examples to the world below of what the immortals could do. ARIADNE gives a voice to the forgotten women of one of the most famous Greek myths, and speaks to their strength in the face of angry, petulant Gods.

When you read Greek Mythology, you know tragedy is just lurking around the corner and this book is no different.

Although his wife died giving birth to their son before they’d been married a year, Daedalus took comfort in the baby, Icarus, and I loved to see him walking about with the infant dandled in his arms, showing the oblivious child the flowers and the birds and the many wonders of the palace. Jennifer Saint’s ARIADNE is a shimmering tapestry of two sisters bound by deceit and the shadows of family history. Not formal, set patterns of steps; rather, she gave me the gift of making fluid, sinuous shapes out of crazy, chaotic movements.

Ariadne catches the eye of Theseus, who has been brought to Crete as a sacrifice to the beast Minotaur, Ariadne’s brother, who is destined to live out his days in the labyrinth created under the walls of the Palace.My younger sister, Phaedra, toddled enraptured in his wake, and when I grew tired of steering her away from every danger she could find, I would leave Daedalus with them both and steal back to the wide circle of my dancing-floor.