Woman's Hour Tuesday

Groomsport | 18:37 Fri 29th Jan 2016 | Arts & Literature

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Hello: on Tuesday a woman was interviewed on the subject of her new novel about the women in the Iliad. I missed her name and the title of the book. Can you help? Thanks

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Wednesday And women in Homer's Iliad. Classics scholar Emily Hauser talks about her new novel inspired by Homer's 2,500 year old poem, The Iliad, in which she takes the two peripheral female characters and places them at the very centre of the plot. http://www.emilyhauser.com/

18:52 Fri 29th Jan 2016

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Mamyalynne

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And women in Homer's Iliad. Classics scholar Emily Hauser talks about her new novel inspired by Homer's 2,500 year old poem, The Iliad, in which she takes the two peripheral female characters and places them at the very centre of the plot.

http://www.emilyhauser.com/

Mamyalynne

http://www.amazon.co.uk/For-Most-Beautiful-Emily-Hauser/dp/0857523147

Groomsport

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Thanks Mamyalynne - I've ordered it. Incidentally I emailed Woman's Hour but they didn't answer

Mamyalynne

Oh we are faster than the BBC here, glad to help. It certainly looks an interesting read.

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