Greece Outside In: Madeline Miller's 'Circe' mixes mythology, feminism, adventure and a even touch of 'House of Cards'

Miller mines intriguing details from the original tale to imagine a rich backstory for Circe that allows readers to re-visit the world of Olympians and Titans in GREEK mythology. From the court of the Titans, the reader meets Circe's parents, the god Helios and nymph Perse, and is introduced to a world of ...