Join us online for a fascinating explorato ry conversation with Madeline Miller\, bestselling author of "The Song of Achilles" and "Circ e\," as she chats with us about her body of work and her process for r etelling Greek classics as modern epics in fiction. \;
\nIn "The Song of Achilles\," Achilles\, "the best of all the Greeks\," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus\, is strong\, swift and beautiful\, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince\, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence . Brought together by chance\, they forge an inseparable bond\, despite ri sking the gods' wrath.
\nWhen word comes that Helen of Sparta has be en kidnapped\, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Tr oy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny\, Achilles jo ins their cause\, and torn between love and fear for his friend\, Patroclu s follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.
\nIn "Circe\," a daug hter is born to Helios\, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans. But C irce is a strange child &mdash\; neither powerful like her father nor vici ously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for compan ionship\, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcra ft\, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselv es.
\nThreatened\, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island\, where sh e hones her occult craft\, tames wild beasts\, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology\, including the Minotaur\, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus\, the murderous Medea\, and\, of cours e\, wily Odysseus. But there is danger\, too\, for a woman who stands alon e\, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods\, ultimatel y finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful o f the Olympians. To protect what she loves most\, Circe must summon all he r strength and choose\, once and for all\, whether she belongs with the go ds she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.
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\nAbo ut the Author: Madeline Miller is the number one New York Times&n bsp\;bestselling author of two novels: "The Song of Achilles\," which won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012\, and "Circe\," which was \;short-li sted for the Women&rsquo\;s Prize for Fiction 2019. Her books have been tr anslated into over 32 languages. Miller holds an M.A. in classics from Bro wn University\, studied in the dramaturgy department at Yale School of Dra ma\, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern form s\, and taught Latin\, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for o ver a decade.
\nThis event is part of \;DBRL's \;Online Author Series\, supported by David Lil e honorarium funds. A recording will also be available for later viewing o n the \;author series site .
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