Hand of Fire: Compelling New Novel Brings Homer's Briseis to Life with Historical Authority, Examining Her Unlikely Love for Achilles.

Phoenix, AZ -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/31/2014 -- Millions have read and cherished Homer’s ‘Iliad’, an ancient Greek epic poem set during the tumultuous Trojan War. In the ‘Iliad’, Achilles destroys Briseis’s city and family, and yet Homer portrays her as in love with this complex, conflicted warrior. Why? The reasons behind this unlikely union, and the wider story of the enigmatic Briseis fascinated author Judith Starkston so much that she used the character’s story as bold inspiration for her new novel.