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H. Allenger address directly Aphrodite in his book

H. Allenger’s Polyxena, while fundamentally a story of the eponymous champion’s appearance and battles after the fall of Troy, is likewise the principle character’s immediate letter to Aphrodite, whom she addresses as “Unfading Goddess”.

Here’s an extract from the book that shows simply that:

“As far as you might be concerned, Immortal Goddess, I uncover my musings. ..Indeed, even as I remember the occasions molding my current condition, I am struck by the oddness, all things considered, for once in a while would it be able to be said that chance occurrences so outside my ability to control were to influence my own being in a particularly unfavorable manner”.

The book recounts the narrative of the princess of Troy who has been picked as Neoptolemus’ affection interest after the fall of Troy. Things have been hard for the regal group of Troy and King Priam sends Polyxena to enroll the guide of the Amazons in engaging the Greeks.

During her visit with the Amazons, she figures out how to adjust to their traditions and falls head over heels in love for Antiope, a central administrator in the Amazon armed force, and even partakes in their fight. After the Amazon champions were crushed by the Greeks, Achilles accompanies Polyxena back to Troy. In any case, the two currently go gaga for one another and Polyxena battles to conceal it from everybody particularly her family. In a lamentable unforeseen development, Achilles is executed at the command of her sibling and worker.

David Smith

David covers popular books, both fiction and non-fiction, and keeps digging for emerging titles to add to his library of must-reads.

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