No friend to this house...
Sep. 17th, 2025 06:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glassy_witchListen, I blummin love ancient history. Greek myth is, in my eyes, just the pinnacle of storytelling.
Natalie Haynes is a stand-up classicist. She brings the history, myths, poetry, and the plays of ancient Greece to life with wit, humour, and an obvious love for the subject and opportunity to share it with others.
The latest book, "No friend to this house" is Medea's story. Now, obviously, with my background and events in my past, you would think I'd find a story about a murderous parent a little on the nose...but weirdly, in Natalie's hands, the story isn't nearly as triggering as you might reasonable expect. Well worth a read.
But then, so is Stoneblind, Medusa's story. And Pandora's Jar, and Jocasta's Children, and and and. Basically, if she writes it, it's good. Like brilliantly so. And of course there's the podcast, Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics.
Go, find, read, listen, enjoy :)
Natalie Haynes is a stand-up classicist. She brings the history, myths, poetry, and the plays of ancient Greece to life with wit, humour, and an obvious love for the subject and opportunity to share it with others.
The latest book, "No friend to this house" is Medea's story. Now, obviously, with my background and events in my past, you would think I'd find a story about a murderous parent a little on the nose...but weirdly, in Natalie's hands, the story isn't nearly as triggering as you might reasonable expect. Well worth a read.
But then, so is Stoneblind, Medusa's story. And Pandora's Jar, and Jocasta's Children, and and and. Basically, if she writes it, it's good. Like brilliantly so. And of course there's the podcast, Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics.
Go, find, read, listen, enjoy :)