![]() ![]() Saint writes from a deep knowledge of myths that are widely recorded, but not for the role of mortal women. A tale told with quiet intensity and power, this is the story of women who have to pay the price for the unreasonableness of men, for their ambition and their dissatisfaction, while not condemning them. ![]() This is a story of the women who can only call on their own courage, cunning and cleverness to survive, do their best for others and perhaps change the fate of women. Jennifer Saint’s novel seeks to change that, to draw attention to the bond of the two sisters in the face of everything against them, the “inexhaustible strength” of women who suffer the whims of men, even gods. Reduced to bit players, their contributions are seen as nothing compared to the might, strength and courage of Theseus in the traditional version. This is a story told over decades, hundreds of years. Along with her sister Phaedra they are daughters of King Minos, and they play their part in the story of the Minotaur, their brother, the beast that consumes the sacrifices of Athens in the horror of a Labyrinth under their feet. Ariadne is a character in one of the Greek myths. ![]()
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