Greek Myths & subversive history
Lindsay
Greek mythology & versions of history permeate western philosophy and cultural understandings. It is indeed true that we have much to learn from this classical civilization - but what we're usually taught leaves a great deal out! So, here are some histories with the women back in telling, translations of old classics by women, books that seek new kinds of relevance for old myths and feminist retellings...
We start with the nonfiction at the top, novels in the middle and some great reads for younger classics fans! And if you're after myths, mythology & folkore beyond the Greeks, we have this wee list!
Linked Books
![Image for Not All Dead White Men : Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97806742/9780674241411.jpg)
- title
- Not All Dead White Men : Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age
- author
- Zuckerberg, Donna
![Image for Great Goddesses : Life lessons from myths and monsters](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815291/9781529104646.jpg)
- title
- Great Goddesses : Life lessons from myths and monsters
- author
- Gill, Nikita
![Image for The Philosopher Queens : The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817835/9781783528011.jpg)
- title
- The Philosopher Queens : The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women
- author
- Buxton, Rebecca, Whiting, Lisa
![Image for Women & Power : A Manifesto](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817881/9781788160612.jpg)
- title
- Women & Power : A Manifesto
- author
- Beard, Professor Mary
![Image for Black Athena : The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume One:The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97800998/9780099887805.jpg)
- title
- Black Athena : The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume One:The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985
- author
- Bernal, Martin
![Image for Enraged : Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97803002/9780300239966.jpg)
- title
- Enraged : Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths
- author
- Anhalt, Emily Katz
![Image for Venus and Aphrodite](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814746/9781474610384.jpg)
- title
- Venus and Aphrodite
- author
- Hughes, Bettany
![Image for The Myths We Live By](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97804156/9780415610247.jpg)
- title
- The Myths We Live By
- author
- Midgley, Mary
![Image for If Not, Winter: Fragments Of Sappho](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818440/9781844080816.jpg)
- title
- If Not, Winter: Fragments Of Sappho
- author
- Sappho
![Image for A Thousand Ships](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815098/9781509836215.jpg)
- title
- A Thousand Ships
- author
- Haynes, Natalie
![Image for The Pisces : Longlisted for the Women'S Prize for Fiction 2019](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814088/9781408890950.jpg)
- title
- The Pisces : Longlisted for the Women'S Prize for Fiction 2019
- author
- Broder, Melissa
![Image for The Song of Achilles : Bloomsbury Modern Classics](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814088/9781408891384.jpg)
- title
- The Song of Achilles : Bloomsbury Modern Classics
- author
- Miller, Madeline
![Image for Circe](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814088/9781408890042.jpg)
- title
- Circe
- author
- Miller, Madeline
![Image for Girl Meets Boy](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817868/9781786892478.jpg)
- title
- Girl Meets Boy
- author
- Smith, Ali
![Image for The Penelopiad](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817868/9781786892485.jpg)
- title
- The Penelopiad
- author
- Atwood, Margaret
![Image for Weight](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817868/9781786892492.jpg)
- title
- Weight
- author
- Winterson, Jeanette
![Image for Home Fire : WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814088/9781408886793.jpg)
- title
- Home Fire : WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
- author
- Shamsie, Kamila
![Image for The Myth of Sisyphus](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801411/9780141182001.jpg)
- title
- The Myth of Sisyphus
- author
- Camus, Albert, O'Brien, Justin
![Image for Warriors, Witches, Women : Mythology's Fiercest Females](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817813/9781781319260.jpg)
- title
- Warriors, Witches, Women : Mythology's Fiercest Females
- author
- Hodges, Kate, Lee-Merrion, Harriet
![Image for Athena: The Story of a Goddess](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814088/9781408892497.jpg)
- title
- Athena: The Story of a Goddess
- author
- Greenberg, Isabel (Illustrator), Greenberg, Imogen
![Image for Goddesses and Heroines : Women of myth and legend](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805006/9780500651919.jpg)
- title
- Goddesses and Heroines : Women of myth and legend
- author
- Gresham-Knight, Xanthe, Pattullo, Alice
![Image for Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97814722/9781472273642.jpg)
- title
- Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths
- author
- Helen Morales