But stories filter back to the women of Thesus' heroics- the rape and murder of priestesses, the destruction of shrines and Assia, Phaedra's closest companion, finds herself inexorably drawn into the desperate struggle against Thesus and the militaristic new order that he represents. By claiming Phaedra, he will control both Crete and the worship of the Goddess, control to deliver the old religion its death blow. Theseus has no patience for worship of the Mother, who stands for peace and unity if there must be a deity, it should be male. Phaedra is the child queen of Crete, the embodiment of the Great Goddess on Earth. The characters are unforgettable: Phaedra, seeming fragile but with an iron core, drawing her strength from the earth itself: Aissa, the novel's narrator, destined to put aside her own happiness in order to play a crucial role in a conflict she once wanted no part of: Hippolytus, the son of Thesus, as devoted as peace as his father is to war and Thesus himself, the warrior hero whose every success brings him closer to madness and despair. Even when the Cretan warrior called my name and my mother fell to the ground weeping, and the men tore me out of her arms and carried me onto their ship- even then, when I looked toward shore and said goodbye forever to my mother and my home, then I thought "at least I will see them, see how real Goddesses walk the earth." Thus begins the stunning tale of Phaedra, in which delicate scenes of pastoral beauty and young love contrast with gut wrenching violence. Even when I was a child in Troeze, I had heard of them and dreamed of their glorious lives.
Then I saw them, close, the young queen, Ariadne, and this shining little princess, Phaedra. Theseus, the warrior hero of Greece, attempts to control Crete and the worship of the Goddess by claiming Phaedra, the child-queen of Crete.(Then I saw them, close, the young queen, Ariadne, and thi.) Along with her books listed below, she also edited, Bernard Brindel: Who Wore At His Heart the Fire's Center, with Wilbur Zelinsky. Her Pulitzer Prize-nominated 'Ariadne,' seeks to explore the overlooked women's perspective. She resides in Willmette.īiography: June Brindel began writing novels somewhat late in life, having held a variety of jobs. Connection to Illinois: Brindel received her B.
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