![]() ![]() Yet even as Queens, each is only expected to do two things: birth an heir and embody the meek, demure nature that is expected of women.īut when the weight of their husbands' neglect, cruelty, and ambition becomes too heavy to bear, Helen and Klytemnestra must push against the constraints of their society to carve new lives for themselves, and in doing so, make waves that will ripple throughout the next three thousand years.ĭaughters of Sparta is a vivid and illuminating reimagining of the Siege of Troy, told through the perspectives of two women whose voices have been ignored for far too long.Ĭlaire Heywood, a scholar of the ancient world, brings to life the story of two sisters, Klytemnestra and Helen, in Daughters of Sparta who were pivotal in the demise of Troy. Helen remains in Sparta to be betrothed to Menelaos, and Klytemnestra is sent alone to an unfamiliar land to become the wife of the powerful Agamemnon. While still only girls, the sisters are separated and married to foreign kings of their father's choosing. ![]() ![]() With their high birth and unrivaled beauty, they are the envy of all of Greece. As princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. ![]()
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