This month we get up close and personal with classical literatures model wife and unpack her nuance, proving how relevant she is to modern culture. Penelope, wife of the daring Odysseus, but while he's off on his adventures, whose ruling his kingdom, bringing up his son and protecting his people with the odds stacked against her?

Content warning: contains references to violence against women and some spoilers for Margaret Atwoods 'The Penelopiad'.

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Greek Myth Retellings Book List:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109hF2hqGJGhB5qkmAs3uNOmrcsB0QYyw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107562735672685003952&rtpof=true&sd=true⁠

The Guilty Feminist Podcast: https://guiltyfeminist.com/episodes/

The People Versus (Band) @ThePeopleVersusMusic

Wendy Rule, The Lotus Eaters (Album)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nS6OCwPpPix8SXcu69ulsSIitWjumI98Y

Books:

Clare Heywood, The Shadow of Perseus

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61240284-the-shadow-of-perseus

Natalie Haynes, Divine Might/Pandora’s Jar

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123851747-divine-might

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51135393-pandora-s-jar

Caitlin Moran, More than a Woman

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49397893-more-than-a-woman

Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61361681-clytemnestra

Claire North, Ithaca

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59416521-ithaca

Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17645.The_Penelopiad

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