{"product_id":"mythica-1","title":"Mythica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning classicist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and historian Emily Hauser takes readers on an epic journey to uncover the astonishing true story of the real women behind ancient Greece’s greatest legends, and the real heroes of those ancient epics, Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bold and intellectually thrilling . . . blending history and science, rigorous scholarship and dazzling feats of imagination.' \u003c\/b\u003eTOM HOLLAND, historian and co-host of 'The Rest is History' podcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebsolutely blew me away . . . rich, evocative and original work . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis book is quite wonderful.' \u003c\/b\u003eELODIE HARPER, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Den\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Offers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea dazzling new way of thinking about the ancient world . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea wonderful, beautifully written and important book.' \u003c\/b\u003eDAN JONES, author of \u003ci\u003eHenry V\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book the world has been waiting for . . . I loved it.' \u003c\/b\u003eBETTANY HUGHES, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Wonders of the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContrary to perceptions built up over three millennia, ancient history is not all about men – and it's not only men's stories that deserve to be told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMythica\u003c\/i\u003e Emily Hauser tells, for the first time, the extraordinary stories of the real women behind some of the western world’s greatest legends. Following in their footsteps, digging into the history behind Homer’s epic poems, piecing together evidence from the original texts, recent astonishing archaeological finds and the latest DNA studies, she reveals who these women – queens, mothers, warriors, slaves – were, how they lived, and how history has (or has not – until now) remembered them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA riveting new history of the Bronze Age Aegean and a journey through Homer’s epics charted entirely by women – from Helen of Troy, Briseis, Cassandra and Aphrodite to Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso and Penelope – \u003ci\u003eMythica\u003c\/i\u003e is a ground-breaking reassessment of the reality behind the often-mythologized women of Greece’s greatest epics, and of the ancient world itself as we learn ever more about it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54253668598104,"sku":"9781529932485","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529932485.jpg?v=1764338455","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mythica-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}