It gives them agency, desires, designs, and lives. Yes, this is a feminist retelling with gives voice to the two women who have long been footnotes to Theseus’ story. I think it’s probably because the events of the story made me so indignant – not because the plot was bad, but because of how awfully every women is treated by the men around them (which is again not the book’s fault, it’s the standard fare for women in Greek mythology.) This is why I tend to pace out my Greek mythology books, because it just makes me so annoyed that in this mythology, the gods punish the women for the men’s mistakes with the excuse that “it’s more humiliating for the men this way.” Instead, plenty of other things crowded my awareness and it was hard to really just enjoy the book.
The interesting thing about this book was that, though I liked the story, I never got into the book itself, it failed to suck me in. Add to your shelves here.ĪRIADNE is a feminist retelling of Theseus and the Minotaur, and then the lives of Ariadne and her sister Phadre after the Minotaur is killed. 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? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover’s ambition?
But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods – drawing their attention can cost you everything.
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him.
The Minotaur – Minos’s greatest shame and Ariadne’s brother – demands blood every year. As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace.
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