Missives from Periclean Athens is a collection of poetry which uses
classical myth as its source. The stories of Penthesilea, Danae,
Iphigenia, Electra, Clytemnestra and Eurydice are seen in a new
light and from a different angle. The fate of Penthesilea is found
seriously wanting in likelihood and Danae's story is seen as one
long misunderstanding. Meanwhile, Clytemnestra is not only tangled
with the Furies but the Ancient Mariner, Electra is quite mad and
Iphigenia annoyed to be in Aulis with nothing to do except worship
Artemis. Eurydice is lost in King's Cross and Opheus is hunting for
her with his dog and his guitar - and his dog likes sticks. Helen
hasn't gone to Troy at all, but found herself in Egypt listening to
a pharoah's stories, and from somewhere Ozymandius has turned up
deposited in the British Museum - or at least in some museum Not
that he is Greek, but it's all Greek to him anyway Semele is
incandescent and Diana is absolutely sure she is Delia in an
English wood, or Artemis about to kill Actaeon - or maybe she's
just the moon and infecting everyone else with madness. There are
original photographs and artwork by Jennifer Clarke and James W.
Clarke accompanying the poems.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(1)
