The first volume in a new trilogy blending Ancient Greek history and myth by the prolific Australian author of the Phryne Fisher and Corinna Chapman mystery series.
The one thing that everyone remembers about Medea from the tale of Jason and the Argonauts and the Quest for the Golden Fleece is that Medea was a sorceress who beguiled the hero Jason into marrying her, then murdered their children to punish Jason when he discovered her crimes and abandoned her.
But Kerry Greenwood suggests there is another side to this story --- Medea's side. And that --- perhaps inevitably --- a strong and passionate woman has been wronged by the mysogonistic assumptions of ancient playwrights and subsequent scholarship. Greenwood certainly makes an interesting case for this alternative portrait of Medea.
A second volume, Cassandra, is in the works.
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