![]() ![]() At the centre of the story, we have Clytemnestra – Queen of Mycenae and wife of King Agamemnon who leads the consolidated Greek armies to war. In Elektra, Saint portrays the familiar story of Troy as told from the perspective of three different women. ![]() In psychoanalysis, it was Carl Jung who coined the term ‘Electra Complex’, referring to a girl’s psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father’s attention. But what about the women? What was happening back home, while a war which raged for ten years took place in front of the high walls of Troy?Įlektra (or ‘Electra’) is one of the most popular tragic figures in Greek mythology. Of the unbeatable handsome Achilles, the wily Odysseus, the love-struck Paris and the cuckolded King Menelaus, whose wife’s flight to Troy led to the launching of a thousand ships into battle. If you’re familiar with Greek mythology, you will surely have heard of the lengthy siege of Troy. Readers who loved Madeline Miller’s Circe, will simply adore this book. Whether you are interested in Greek mythology, or fascinated by the complex and at times tumultuous relationships present in every family, you will be emotionally enraptured by Saint’s passionate retelling of a tragedy which has withstood the test of time. Genre: Mythology Retelling, Classical Greek Mythology ![]() ![]() “If only I’d had the good fortune to be born a son, rather than a daughter… But I had grown up in the shade unseen and unnoticed instead of shining brightly…” ![]()
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