So, this is all to say – I like Greek myths.Įlektra is another retelling of the origin of the Trojan War, this time told from the perspective of three women: Clytemnestra, Cassandra and Elektra. Then, as an adult, I moved on to Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles and Circe as well as The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. As a teenager, I read The Moon Riders by Theresa Tomlinson on repeat.

But this love of myths has always stuck around. I particularly remember Hermes, he was so cute. I used to have this illustrated version for children and I loved it. As an Amazon Associate, I may earn a small amount from qualifying purchases.I have been into Greek myths ever since I was a little girl. This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. You can see my reviews of Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne and Madeline Miller’s Circe and The Song of Achilles here. Įlektra (Flatiron Books, May 3, 2022) is available through: Although Saint’s prose doesn’t quite rise to the majesty of Madeline Miller’s in Circe and The Song of Achilles, I’d still rate this a five-star read. The connections between the three women are rich and complex, particularly the twisted relationship between Clytemnestra and Elektra. Jennifer Saint weaves the stories of these three women together effortlessly. Cassandra has predicted the Trojan War and its devastating end-to no avail. She hates her mother for killing Agamemnon. Elektra, a “daddy’s girl,” has waited impatiently for the war to end to prove to her father that she’s grown into the royal daughter he envisioned. Clytemnestra determines to kill her husband for revenge. Later, her hatred is cemented when she learns that Agamemnon has taken Cassandra, a female prisoner from Troy, to serve as his concubine. Clytemnestra, after Agamemnon kills their daughter Iphigenia to obtain a good wind to sail to Troy, begins to hate her husband. Cassandra, the “mad” daughter of King Priam and his wife, Hecuba, is cursed by Apollo to be able to predict the future yet have no one believe her. First are Clytemnestra and Elektra herself, a mother-daughter duo that demonstrates the tragic interconnection between their fates.

Elektra follows three different women through the Trojan War.

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