Victor Pelevin's The Helmet of Horror and Toby Whithouse's Doctor Who episode "The God Complex" are both retellings of the classical myth of the Minotaur and the labyrinth of Crete. Both retellings, each serving as a ...

This chapter discusses how Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad as a continuation of Homer's The Odyssey uses gender as a means to subvert the male-forged myths of masculinity and femininity and offers Helen, Penelope, and the ...

Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, a retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey, is narrated by Penelope and the twelve maids. It aims at dislodging the traditional myth, which presents Penelope as the archetype of faithful and patient ...