Items37The creator’s order
  1. 1Circe (2018)Circe (2018) 8.3/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2018Odysseus spends part of his voyage on her island. Miller gives Circe a life before and after that meeting, following her from the halls of Helios to exile on Aiaia, where practicing magic gives her a measure of independence from the gods.0
  2. 2The Song of Achilles (2011)The Song of Achilles (2011) 8.6/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2011Patroclus tells this version of the Iliad, from his childhood exile to the Greek camp at Troy. The love story makes Achilles’s pursuit of glory feel personal because every choice that moves him toward legend costs Patroclus something.0
  3. 3Ariadne (2021)Ariadne (2021) 9.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2021Ariadne knows what the Labyrinth is for and what helping Theseus escape could cost her. Saint follows the sisters Ariadne and Phaedra beyond the Minotaur episode, so the clever rescue becomes the start of a story about the price of trusting heroes.0
  4. 4The silence of the girls (2018)The silence of the girls (2018) 9.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2018Briseis, taken captive when Achilles sacks her city, sees the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon from inside the Greek camp. Her account of enslavement and wartime survival gives the Iliad’s argument over honor a human cost.0
  5. 5The Women of Troy (2021)The Women of Troy (2021) 6.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2021After Troy falls, Briseis watches the Greeks wait for a wind to carry them home. The Trojan captives are stuck in the camp with their captors, and you can follow their attempts to care for each other while the victors fight over what to do next. Read The Silence of the Girls first to see how…0
  6. 6Stone Blind (2022)Stone Blind (2022) 6.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2022The story of Perseus and Medusa becomes an ensemble novel that asks who gets called a monster. Medusa grows up with her Gorgon sisters, while the voices around her show how quickly a hero’s quest can turn someone else into a trophy.0
  7. 7The Penelopiad (2005)The Penelopiad (2005) 6.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2005Penelope tells her side of the Odyssey from the underworld. A chorus of the twelve maids hanged after Odysseus returns keeps interrupting, which makes this short, sharp version a dispute over whose account deserves to survive.0
  8. 8A Thousand Ships (2019)A Thousand Ships (2019) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2019A chorus of women and goddesses takes the Trojan War past the battlefield. Penelope’s letters, the captives’ accounts, and the muse Calliope’s interventions make this a good choice if you want to see the cost of the war in more than one household.0
  9. 9For the most beautiful (2016)For the most beautiful (2016) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2016Briseis shares the Trojan War with Krisayis, the daughter of Troy’s high priest. Moving between them gives you two different views of the same fight, including the chance to see how the choices Achilles makes reach people on either side of the walls.0
  10. 10Helen of Troy (2006)Helen of Troy (2006) 6.7/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2006Helen narrates her own life, from her marriage to Menelaus to the choices that take her to Troy with Paris. You spend time with her before the war, so you can follow how a Spartan princess comes to carry the blame for a conflict bigger than her choices.0