Emily Hauser Books in Order

The Trojan War unfolds through the perspectives of Krisayis, a priest's daughter, and Briseis, a captured princess. As Greek warriors fight for glory, the women struggle to retain agency within a conflict shaped by men and gods.

Abandoned as an infant, Atalanta grows into a formidable hunter and disguises herself as a man to join Jason's Argonauts. The voyage for the Golden Fleece challenges her determination to prove herself in a world that excludes women.

Seeking a cure for her dying brother, Admete joins Hercules on a journey to the Amazons. There, Queen Hippolyta must protect her people and their secrets as the arrival of Greek visitors brings competing loyalties into conflict.

Emily Hauser examines how ancient Greek writers defined authorship through gender, from Sappho’s struggle for a name to later debates about women poets. The study restores women’s role in shaping the language and traditions of literature.

Emily Hauser combines Homer’s epics with archaeology and scientific discoveries to reconstruct women’s lives in Bronze Age Greece. Queens, captives, mothers and workers reshape familiar legends while exposing whose experiences ancient history has neglected.