_tabby_'s review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Amazing!
I picked up this book because Aphrodite/ Venus is my favourite mythological goddess. This book showed the fascinating transition that Aphrodite went through over periods of history, from a figure of female empowerment to a figure of female oppression and then a grey area of love and controversy- and ending with how she's now used commercially to advertise women's products (its up to the consumer to decide if its empowerment or oppression ofc).
Hughes shows how the interpretations of this goddess throughout history reflects the nature and the behaviour of human society at the time. I'm definitely more of a lover for mythology than history but I fell in love with this book and it was very informative but just as enjoyable.
Would love to read about other gods in this style!
I picked up this book because Aphrodite/ Venus is my favourite mythological goddess. This book showed the fascinating transition that Aphrodite went through over periods of history, from a figure of female empowerment to a figure of female oppression and then a grey area of love and controversy- and ending with how she's now used commercially to advertise women's products (its up to the consumer to decide if its empowerment or oppression ofc).
Hughes shows how the interpretations of this goddess throughout history reflects the nature and the behaviour of human society at the time. I'm definitely more of a lover for mythology than history but I fell in love with this book and it was very informative but just as enjoyable.
Would love to read about other gods in this style!
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny, Body shaming, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, and Sexual content
zoebee123's review
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
bronzeageholly's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Minor: Sexual content
a_novaturient_reads's review
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
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