#the penelopiad

[derangedrhythms]

Not even the gods, he said, were more powerful than the Three Fatal Sisters. He did not mention them by name, but spat to avoid bad luck; and I shivered to think of them in their glum cave, spinning out lives, measuring them, cutting them off.

Margaret Atwood, from ‘The Penelopiad’

#margaret atwood #the penelopiad #prose #classical mythology #greek mythology

[hecates-corner]

At the Penelopiad tonight, intermission…

And I was pleasantly surprised by the end of Remember Them (just the “ODYSSEUS!” shout) being used to call said man to Troy’s gates.

#greek mythology #greek myth #mythology #odysseus #the odyssey #penelope #odypen #the penelopiad #AHHHHHHHH FLIPPING MY LID #epic the musical #EPIC

[v-chase-art]

penelope

“an edifying legend. a stick used to beat other women with. why couldn’t they be as considerate, as trustworthy, as all-suffering as I had been? that was the line they took, the singers, the yarn-spinners. don’t follow my example, I want to scream in your ears - yes, yours! but when I try to scream I sound like an owl”.

- the penelopiad

#the penelopiad #penelope #jennifer morrison #margaret atwood #digital painting #digital art #art #emma swan

[rebelsafoot]

saw the second last production of the penelopiad starring jennifer morrison!! as someone who absolutely LOVES the odyssey, ouat, and house it was literally my dream performance the entire cast was SO GOOD!!! i dont think any experience will ever top this night i am so glad i got the chance to see this

#the penelopiad #theatre #jennifer morrison #greek classics #the odyssey #once upon a time #house md #emma swan #allison cameron #gave in to adding those tags just know she is penelope. to me

[literalliterature]

Saw a production of The Penelopiad. Being predictably abnormal about it. 💕💕💕

[ID: Two versions of a drawing done in black and white with a sketchy style. Both images show, in the top half, the feet and legs of many girls in dresses hanging in the air. In the first version of the drawing, Penelope, with her eyes in shadow, is shown looking up at the girls with her mouth hanging open. The second version of the drawing simply shows text reading "we danced on air" in otherwise empty space. End ID.]

#classics #the penelopiad #the odyssey #margaret atwood #greek mythology #captioned #accessible

[allaboutjmo]

#jennifer morrison #jmo #Jen Morrison #theatre #the penelopiad

[classics-cassandra]

Maybe Penelope should be allowed to hate Helen if she wants. As a treat.

#yeah maybe it’s not feminist enough for the Penelopiad to feature a lot of anti Helen ideas #but why can’t Penelope have her own emotions however mean they are #especially since from her pov Helen did ruin her life #let women be problematic #also why can’t Helen be bad? #why does she have to be a good person when no man in the iliad/odyssey does #is making Helen powerless better? #womens wrongs #the penelopiad #helen of troy #helen of sparta #penelope #the odyssey #the iliad #tagamemnon #ancient greek #margaret atwood

[the---hermit]

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

This review might contain spoilers so consider yourselves warned

The Odyssey edition I recently got included after the main text many other works regarding the story and this was one of them. I was really excited to read this since it had been on my radar for a while, and reading this right after reading the original work felt perfect. I won't lie to you it was a big disappointment. This is supposed to be Penelope's version of the story, but I really did not like a lot of things. The writing is nice and the idea is very cool, but there were a lot of elements that really annoyed me. The first being the portrayal of Helen. I was expecting a feminits retelling with women supporting women, and I just got the age old narrative of Helen is the cause of the war and should be blamed for it, plus she is only her looks and is kinda cruel with people, she uses seduction to play and have fun with those who are around her and so on. This really pissed me off, especially because at the beginning of the story when Penelope is quite young and we get this description of Helen, Penelope comes out of it as your typical "not like other girls" girl. Helen is bad because she is pretty and uses that in a negative way, whereas Penelope is not the pretties but she is smart and maids make fun of her because she is naive. Honestly that was a huge nope for me. And in the rest of the story this sentiment of Helen being the one to blame for the war is repeated several times. As If that wasn't enough basically all characters are negative. Telemachus is a bratty young boy who acts like a man and probably wants his mother dead, and although I get the emphasis on how annoying he is towards his mother (because that is very much present in the original work) the fact that basically everyone comes out as bad including him fell a bit flat for me. The older maid always seems resentful, Odysseus' mother blames Penelope, Laerte avoids her completly. The only positive characters in this story aside from Penelope herself seem to be the 12 young maids who are always a collective being. But at the end of the day they are good because they do what Penelope asks for them even though that might mean enduring violence, and at the end they pay for it in a brutal way. I don't know, I am not happy with this book. There were a couple of interesting points, one being these 12 maids than in a way are seen in a better light in this version of the story which was nice compared to the original text were they are just portrayed as greedy women who turn their back on Penelope and Odysseus in favour of the cruel suitors. The other interesting element that I liked was the way Penelope takes the fantasy element out of her husband's stories. The fantastical adventures are stripped of their lies and they become mundane and un-epic. That was a cool touch, but these two things aside don't balance out how annoyed I am at the portrayal of Helen and everything I talked about. I am left wondering whether I missed something or read the story wrong. I was surely not expecting to have such a bad experience with this book.

#if you read this and loved it i would love to get a different perspective on this book #book #bookblr #booklr #books #book review #book rec #book recommendation #reading #the penelopiad #mine #the---hermit

[valeovalairs]

Every book I read this year

I was feeling really bored so I made this.

#please ask me my opinions or thoughts on any of these books I’d love to talk about books #this is the most I’ve read in years #oh if anyone has any book recs I’ll gladly take them #the handmaid's tale #margaret atwood #the penelopiad #the song of achilles #circe #madeline miller #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #rick riordan #the heroes of olympus #the trials of apollo #the sun and the star #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #good omens #this is how you lose the time war #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #the henna wars #the stone rose #the giver quartet #book reviews #reading

[musiquesduciel]

Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad (2005)

#quotes #margaret atwood #the penelopiad #quote #motivational quotes #motivation #growth #powerful #empowering #literary #literature #books #novels #book #library #the odyssey

[hippodamoi]

we are the maids the ones you killed the ones you failed we danced in air our bare feet twitched it was not fair with every goddess, queen, and bitch from there to here you scratched your itch we did much less than what you did you judged us bad you had the spear you had the word at your command we scrubbed the blood of our dead paramours from floors, from chairs from stairs, from doors, we knelt in water while you stared at our bare feet it was not fair you licked our fear it gave you pleasure you raised your hand you watched us fall we danced on air the ones you failed the ones you killed

#the chorus speaks #the penelopiad #margaret atwood #poetry

[derangedrhythms]

It’s dark here, as many have remarked. ‘Dark Death’, they used to say. 'The gloomy halls of Hades’, and so forth.

Margaret Atwood, from ‘The Penelopiad’

#margaret atwood #the penelopiad #prose #classical mythology #greek mythology #death #hades

[gildedgaze]

it’s giving jokaste (and laurent)

#captive prince #cs pacat #the penelopiad #margaret atwood

[copper-dust]

So in case you guys have been wondering why I haven't posted much recently, it's because The Song of Achilles and Achilles in Vietnam sent me down a deranged Iliad/Odyssey vortex and I physically can't stop reading various retellings and reinterpretations and I've read/reread Circe, The Silence of the Girls and The Penelopiad in the past 5 days and uh, it's looking grim, I've got David Malouf's Ransom open, and anything could happen.

#new obsession alert #you have been warned #content will start filling the dashboard shortly #if you are a fan of any homeric fandom #now's the time to get in touch #the iliad #the odyssey #the song of achilles #circe #the penelopiad #the silence of the girls

[aro-with-bad-aim]

I just finished reading the Penelopiad by Margret Atwood and it’s honestly my favourite Greek myth adaptation. It’s a little inaccurate in places, but it’s such a unique interpretation of the myth. I love how it was set in the underworld during the 21st century with Penelope retelling the story. I love how the story is interrupted by things she does in the underworld. It’s funny, but it also tackles the more serious issues of the mistreatment of women. It’s so good, probably one of my favourite books atm :D

#Margret Atwood #The penelopiad #Penelope #odysseus #greek myths #greek mythology #bookblr

[allaboutjmo]

#jennifer morrison #jmo #Jen Morrison #theatre #the penelopiad