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Pandora’s Jar – Women in the Greek Myths

61 mins watch time

Posted June 2021

Culture, History

Today, a wealth of novels, plays and films draw their inspiration from stories first told almost three thousand years ago. But modern tellers of Greek myth have usually been men and have rarely shown interest in telling women’s stories. And when they do, those women are often painted as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil. Comedian and classicist Natalie Haynes is here to redress this imbalance.