We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera

by Doris Orgel

Book Overview

In "life" they hardly got along, but their book is a triumph of witty, robust, spell-casting collaboration. The Greek myths have never before been told by their leading ladies. Nor ever before in such... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789425866
• ISBN13: 9780789425867
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Truly magical...

Orgel ties together a lot of myth and is amazingly faithful to the ancient sources despite the liberties she obviously takes. The book is a masterpiece. While the Goddesses may play important roles in Homer, too often we're looking from an all too male point of view--- Hera is the shrew, Aphrodite the over-sexed vixen and Athena, the puppet of her Father. Orgel's work leaves the Goddesses more alive, more vibrant, more mysterious than ever.

a gorgeous book...

I fell in love with this book the very moment I saw it. Drawing on the oft-overlooked power and beauty of the ancient goddesses, Orgel spins wonderful tales from the perspectives of Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. She provides excellent background in her introduction, and additional information at the end. One of my favorite features about this book are the marginal notes to help with pronunciation, which include a brief description of the character or location it describes. And, I should emphasize, the illustrations in this book are absolutely -phenomenal-! This book uplifts the strength and depth of femininity in a positive way, allowing girls to have wonderful, heroic role models missing in the common damsel-in-distress characters, or the over-emphasized feminist roles that I personally feel negate the message that each woman can function from her own personal genius. This book should be read and savored for the brilliant, enchanting work of art it is.

Holy Birdseed! That's a good book!

We Goddesses Is a dream come true for girls who love Athena,Hera,and Aphrodite! this book's Amazing text and pictures that jump right out at you will make it a lifetime favorite. It's as if Athena, Hera,and Aphrodite wrote it themselves! The thing is, they all had interesting beginnings. Well, that's all i'm going to tell you, so if you want to learn more just READ THE BOOK!