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"Reinterprets two of Sophocles' Theban plays, Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone. . . . the alternating structure proves powerful."--The New Yorker"A passionate and gripping account of a famously dysfunctional family. Haynes balances a fresh take on the material with a deep love for her sources, wearing her scholarship with grace, and giving new voice to the often-overlooked but fascinating Jocasta and Ismene."--Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and CirceThe New York Times bestselling author of Pandora's Jar and Stone Blind returns with a powerful retelling of Oedipus and Antigone from the perspectives of the women the myths overlooked.When you have grown up as I have, there is no security in not knowing things, in avoiding the ugliest truths because they can't be faced . . . Because that is what happened the last time, and that is why my siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . .Jocasta is just fifteen when she

希臘神話中的女神，遠比我們熟悉的形象更加複雜。Athene 掌管戰爭與智慧；Aphrodite 象徵愛與慾望，卻也會施以嚴厲報復；Hera 面對宙斯一次又一次的不忠，以自己的方式展開反擊。她們既擁有神聖的力量，也有鮮明而矛盾的情感。Natalie Haynes 在本書中重新閱讀古希臘神話，從 Demeter 的母愛、Artemis 的獨立，到 Muses 與 Hestia 的不同職責，呈現女神在神話世界中的多樣面貌。作者結合古典文學知識、細膩觀察與機智幽默，讓讀者發現這些流傳千年的故事，還有許多值得重新理解的細節。● 打破女神的單一形象，描寫她們的智慧、權力、慾望與矛盾。 ● 從經典神話看女性角色，探討愛情、婚姻、家庭、復仇與自主。 ● 兼具知識性與閱讀趣味，以 Natalie Haynes 獨特的幽默筆調重新詮釋神話。New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar.Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and desires rival those of their male kin, including:Athene, who sprang fully formed from her father’s brow (giving Zeus a killer headache in the process), the goddess of war and provider of wise counsel.Aphrodite, born of the foam (and sperm r