Preview (British: Mythica: a new history of Homer’s world through the women written out of it. London: Doubleday, 2025. Pp. 469. ISBN 9781529932485)   This book weaves together four strands: Homeric women, knowledge or reasonable speculation about Bronze Age women (especially based on recent archaeological methods such as DNA analysis), fictional reimaginings of (mostly) Homeric … Continue reading Penelope’s bones: a new history of Homer’s world through the women written out of it