num_pages: 228
description: Faithful Penelope waits for her husbands return as she weaves a shroud that foretells her doom Scylla once a beautiful nymph turned monster prowls the seas hungry for flesh while the witch Circe falls for a man who will leave her. Weaving together their stories and poetic voices this subtly moving and playful verse novel questions how do those without a voice find freedom within the world of men?
language: English
title: These Great Athenians: Retold Passages for Seldom Heard Voices
publisher: Imprint Twenty Seven