Research Catalog

Title

Divine might : goddesses in Greek myth / Natalie Haynes.

Author

Haynes, Natalie

Publication

• New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
• ©2023

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Details

Description

xix, 259 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"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 released from a Titan's castrated testicles), the most beautiful of all the Olympian goddesses, the epitome of love who dispenses desire and inspires longing-yet harbors a fearsome vengeful side, doling out brutal punishments to those who displease her; Hera, Zeus's long-suffering wife, whose jealousy born of his repeated dalliances with mortals, nymphs, and other goddesses, leads her to wreak elaborate and often painful revenge on those she believes have wronged her (Well, wouldn't you?); Demeter, goddess of the harvest and mother of Persephone; Artemis, the hunter and goddess of wild spaces; the Muses, the nine daughters of Zeus: and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory; and Hestia, goddess of domesticity and sacrificial fire"--

Alternative Title

Goddesses in Greek myth

Subject

• Goddesses, Greek
• Mythology, Greek

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Note

• First published in Great Britain in 2023 by Mantle, an imprint of Pan Macmillan.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259).

Contents

Introduction -- The Muses -- Hera -- Aphrodite -- Artemis -- Demeter -- Hestia -- Athene -- The Furies.

Call Number

JFE 24-946

ISBN

• 9780063377097
• 0063377098
• 9780063314672
• 0063314673

OCLC

1416015037

Author

Haynes, Natalie, author.

Title

Divine might : goddesses in Greek myth / Natalie Haynes.

Publisher

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]

Copyright Date

©2023

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259).

Other Editions:

Reproduction of (manifestation): Haynes, Natalie. Divine might London : Picador, 2023 9781529089486

Research Call Number

JFE 24-946