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Marianne R. H. Fisher is an ancient historian and author whose work focuses on myth, religion, and the long structures of world history. Her research explores how ancient societies understood power, belief, and continuity across deep time.

Since 2008, she has contributed to the Time Maps series, co-authoring volumes including Time Maps: Matriarchy and the Goddess Culture and Time Maps: Gods, Kings and Prophets. Her writing combines comparative historical analysis with clear, accessible narrative, bringing ancient worlds into focus for a broad readership.

She is based in Australia.

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The Strange Brief Romance of Achilles and Penthesilea

Penthesilea was breathtaking. “Aphrodite, the noble bride of the potent War- god, made her beautiful indeed in death, so that the son of Peleus (Achilles), could be pierced by the arrow of chastising love," writes the 4th century AD Greek poet Quintus Smyrnaeus in his poem Posthomerica ("Things After Homer"). In addition to her beauty, Penthesilea was also born into a family of queens. She was the Read more of this blog post »
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