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Strict Scrutiny
The hosts highlighted the title as a feminist sequel to The Silence of the Girls, noting its focus on the captured Trojan women and the perspective of the princess Braseus. Leah Litman emphasized its portrayal of Cassandra and praised it as a powerful retelling of the Iliad. The discussion presented the book as a strongly recommended read for listeners interested in mythic reinterpretations.
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This was also highly recommended as a feminist retelling of the Iliad, featuring the Trojan princess Cassandra, whose predictions of doom were never believed.
And the Women of Troy, which are both feminist retellings of various chapters of the Iliad. And they're all written from the perspective of Braseus, the Trojan princess who was captured by Achilles and taken as his concubine.
The second book, The Women of Troy also features our favorite Trojan princess, Cassandra, who not only predicts the destruction of Troy, the introduction of the Trojan horse and her death alongside her captor, Agamemnon. But does all of this and is never ever believed ever?