No edit summary |
GusF (Message Wall | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
|collected = [[Counting Up, Counting Down]]}}'''"Goddess for a Day"''' is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]], published in ''Chicks in Chainmail'', edited by Esther Friesner, [[Baen]] 1995; reprinted in the omnibus ''Chicks Ahoy!'', 2010; and ''[[Counting Up, Counting Down]]'', [[Del Rey]], 2002. It can also be read on [https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1439133018/1439133018___6.htm Baen's website]. It is a historical fiction which introduces [[fantasy]] elements in the later part. |
|collected = [[Counting Up, Counting Down]]}}'''"Goddess for a Day"''' is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]], published in ''Chicks in Chainmail'', edited by Esther Friesner, [[Baen]] 1995; reprinted in the omnibus ''Chicks Ahoy!'', 2010; and ''[[Counting Up, Counting Down]]'', [[Del Rey]], 2002. It can also be read on [https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1439133018/1439133018___6.htm Baen's website]. It is a historical fiction which introduces [[fantasy]] elements in the later part. |
||
| − | The story is based on a 6th |
+ | The story is based on a 6th century BC event (sometimes dated 556 BC) reported by [[Herodotus]]. [[Peisistratos (Goddess for a Day)|Peisistratos]], an exiled tyrant of [[Athens (Goddess for a Day)|Athens]], retakes the city through an act of trickery. He claims that the goddess [[Athena (Goddess for a Day)|Athena]] has approved of his rule, and to prove it, enters the city with a young woman named [[Phye (Goddess for a Day)|Phye]], disguised as Athena. |
Phye regrets her decision. The armor is uncomfortable and she finds Peisistratos distasteful. Nonetheless, she plays out the ruse to the end. She's put up at a shrine to Athena and [[Poseidon]]. Here, her day takes an unusual turn when she meets a [[satyr (Goddess for a Day)|satyr]] named [[Marsyas (Goddess for a Day)|Marsyas]], who also mistakes her for the goddess. |
Phye regrets her decision. The armor is uncomfortable and she finds Peisistratos distasteful. Nonetheless, she plays out the ruse to the end. She's put up at a shrine to Athena and [[Poseidon]]. Here, her day takes an unusual turn when she meets a [[satyr (Goddess for a Day)|satyr]] named [[Marsyas (Goddess for a Day)|Marsyas]], who also mistakes her for the goddess. |
||
| + | |||
==See also== |
==See also== |
||
*"[[The Old Grind]]," [[Laura Frankos]]' contribution to ''Chicks in Chainmail''. |
*"[[The Old Grind]]," [[Laura Frankos]]' contribution to ''Chicks in Chainmail''. |
||
| + | |||
{{Goddess for a Day}} |
{{Goddess for a Day}} |
||
{{Counting Up, Counting Down}} |
{{Counting Up, Counting Down}} |
||
| Line 20: | Line 22: | ||
[[Category:Counting Up, Counting Down]] |
[[Category:Counting Up, Counting Down]] |
||
[[Category:Fantasy]] |
[[Category:Fantasy]] |
||
| − | [[Category:Chicks |
+ | [[Category:Short Stories First Published in the "Chicks" Books]] |
[[Category:1995 Works]] |
[[Category:1995 Works]] |
||
[[Category:Works Set in Greece]] |
[[Category:Works Set in Greece]] |
||
Latest revision as of 15:19, 30 June 2020
| "Goddess for a Day" | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Author | Harry Turtledove |
| First Appearance | Chicks in Chainmail |
| Publisher | Baen, later Del Rey |
| Collected | Counting Up, Counting Down |
| Genre(s) | Historical fantasy |
| Publication date | 1995 |
"Goddess for a Day" is a short story by Harry Turtledove, published in Chicks in Chainmail, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen 1995; reprinted in the omnibus Chicks Ahoy!, 2010; and Counting Up, Counting Down, Del Rey, 2002. It can also be read on Baen's website. It is a historical fiction which introduces fantasy elements in the later part.
The story is based on a 6th century BC event (sometimes dated 556 BC) reported by Herodotus. Peisistratos, an exiled tyrant of Athens, retakes the city through an act of trickery. He claims that the goddess Athena has approved of his rule, and to prove it, enters the city with a young woman named Phye, disguised as Athena.
Phye regrets her decision. The armor is uncomfortable and she finds Peisistratos distasteful. Nonetheless, she plays out the ruse to the end. She's put up at a shrine to Athena and Poseidon. Here, her day takes an unusual turn when she meets a satyr named Marsyas, who also mistakes her for the goddess.
See also[]
- "The Old Grind," Laura Frankos' contribution to Chicks in Chainmail.
| ||||||||
