6/10/2023 0 Comments Jennifer saint novelCassandra is one of the most tragic women in Greek mythology and it was saddening but hugely compelling to read about her. I found her voice so powerful and her grief and love for her eldest daughter completely broke me. I found all three women intriguing but it was Clytemnestra’s story that really got to me. But can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence?Įlektra follows three women from Greek mythology in the lead up to, duration and aftermath of the Trojan war: Cassandra, the Trojan priestess gifted with power of prophecy but cursed never to be believed, Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon and Elektra, youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. Her husband raises a great army against them and determines to win, whatever the cost. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon – her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance.
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