Ira Greenberg
Thetis and Achilles, 2023
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Thetis, the immortal goddess & sea nymph, submerges her young son Achilles in the River Styx in an attempt to make him immortal. (Achilles was a demigod, his father Peleus...
Thetis, the immortal goddess & sea nymph, submerges her young son Achilles in the River Styx in an attempt to make him immortal. (Achilles was a demigod, his father Peleus a mortal man.) Thetis holds Achilles by the heel while submerging him (the popular idiom: Achilles’ heel = one's weakness). The collection takes creative liberties with the literal depiction of the narrative, setting Thetis & Achilles in various historical periods from the 13th century to the near future.
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