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The Pride of Lions: The Story of the House of Atreus

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I'm not exactly sure what i expected of this book. I was hoping it would recount the stories of the earlier generations of the House of Atreus in more detail then i'd seen them before. Johnston's book does do this, but it's more of a breeze over in the beginning to get to the more well known story of Agamemnon, Electra etc. It seems to go from a reference to a novel suddenly and without warning. It skips over some details that i truely wish it hadn't, and at the end Electra (who's view most of the story takes place in) is left hanging when suddenly she is of the picture as Orestes'view takes over when he wanders after killing his mother.

The book has it's good points and bad points, but i'd recommend it most as a reference to the family tree.