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The Voyage Home by Pat Barker review – a gritty Greek game of thrones

Agamemnon’s fateful return home reads like a blockbuster in the colourful third instalment of Barker’s women-centred Trojan wars series

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

‘You can’t murder a people and walk away scot-free.’ In The Voyage Home, Pat Barker explores morality in war

The first volume of Pat Barker’s trilogy of the Trojan conflict starts with an epigraph taken from Philip Roth’s The Human Stain: “All of European literature springs from a fight”.

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2024

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker review – a brilliant finale to the Trojan war trilogy

This third volume brings a characteristic blend of brusque wisdom and piercing compassion to the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2024

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In the Middle East, as in Greek tragedy, justice must prevail over moral absolutism

When political solutions lose out to vengeance, in Aeschylus’s words, ‘Where will it end?’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

‘The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away’: Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

What Greek mythology teaches us about women’s resistance and rebellion

After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the Supreme Court overturned women’s right to abortion in June 2022; women have also been leaving the workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases to care for children and elderly…

The Conversation · May 23, 2023

'The Last of Us 3' Needs To Give Ellie the Redemption She Deserves

Ellie's story still needs a proper ending that wraps up the series's themes about cycles of violence.

Inverse · Mar 14, 2023

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Cassidy Hutchinson and Greek tragedy show that courage is rare and cowardice more common

Ever since former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s remarkable testimony in the recent January 6 committee hearing, I’ve been thinking – as I’m sure many people have – about courage. Seeking analogies in literature, I think of two women from Greek mythology: Antigone and Iphigenia.

The Conversation · Jul 8, 2022

Girl on an Altar at the Kiln Theatre review: bracingly good reworking of Greek myth is mesmerising

Marina Carr’s examination of the Trojan War through women’s eyes is gripping

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Age of Rage review – ancient Greek tragedy explodes into our times

While the emotional complexities remain, Van Hove’s high-octane makeover featuring unrelenting pyrotechnics and riveting performances is a visual epic

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022

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