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Part Two: Daughters

Athena (Jamie Chung)

“I am the only goddess without a lover,” she says blankly. “So?” Aphrodite asks, “I do not see why that matters. Poseidon beds more people than any of us, and yet he runs as cold as the ocean depths he lives in.” Athena stares, wide eyed, and admits something to her that she’s never admitted to anyone, “I don’t think I was born with the capacity to love anyone.” Her sister smiles, soft, and says, “Often, love is sacrifice. That is an art you know well, sister.”

Artemis (Scarlett Johansson)

Because many men have looked at her like this woman and she was revolted by all of them. She’s not revolted now. “Virginity is a man’s invention and a man’s concern, my lady,” the woman says dismissively, beginning to move her hands in way that makes Artemis flush all over, “There are no men here.”

Aphrodite (Nathalie Emmanuel)

Aphrodite has skin like the copper of her husband’s machines and hair dark and thick and long. Her eyes are deepest, richest brown, piercing in their intelligence. People don’t tell tales of Aphrodite’s cleverness. That is because people are stupid.

For @shanastoryteller and her gods and monsters series. For gay Artemis and asexual Athena and clever Aphrodite.