Welcome back for season two of That's Ancient History! We are kicking things off with a very special first episode featuring an interview with award-winning author Pat Barker. Pat Barker's latest book, The Silence of the Girls, retells Homer's Iliad from the perspective of Briseis a Trojan Queen who has been captured during the Trojan War and given as a slave to the Greek hero Achilles. This podcast discussed the experience of women during wartime, enslavement, sexual violence, PTSD, retelling ancient myths and the timeless themes of Homer's poetry.

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Books Mentioned:

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker: https://amzn.to/2PTIvAc

War Music by Christopher Logue: https://amzn.to/2O7jFva

The Iliad by Homer: https://amzn.to/2ApKUxa

Country by Michael Hughes: https://amzn.to/2O2vtyG

Antigone by Jean Anouilh: https://amzn.to/2Po6dI0