Is Aphrodite a retelling of Greek myth?

Yes. The novel retells Greek myth from Aphrodite's own point of view, following her rise to Mount Olympus and her conflict with Zeus.

Is Aphrodite a funny book?

Yes. The publisher describes its sharply witty prose and irreverent humour, with flashes of real tenderness among the jokes.

Aphrodite is by Phoenicia Rogerson, author of Herc, which was a Waterstones Best Book of the Year.

Aphrodite

A goddess built on lies, a tyrant to outwit, and a story that is wickedly funny.

Reading guide

Aphrodite is a single novel, so there is no reading order to follow. It can be picked up and read straight through.

Aphrodite admits from the first line that she is a liar and was never born a goddess. Using a web of lies, she wins a place on Mount Olympus and the favour of Zeus, who gives her a title and riches in return for her love. Zeus proves to be a tyrant, and Aphrodite decides she will not live at his mercy, setting out to take on the most powerful of the Olympians.

Description

Aphrodite admits it in her very first line: she is a liar. She was not born a goddess. Her only real gift was a beauty the whole world has heard of, and she knew it would never be enough. So she talked her way onto Mount Olympus with a web of lies, and Zeus believed every word, giving her a title and riches and asking only that she love him back. The trouble is that Zeus is a tyrant, and Aphrodite has no intention of living at anyone's mercy.

Phoenicia Rogerson, whose earlier novel Herc was a Waterstones Best Book of the Year, brings the same sharp, irreverent wit to the gods here, with flashes of real tenderness among the jokes. It is a choice for anyone who likes their Greek myths funny, feminist and a little wicked.

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