"You don't have to think of us as real girls, real flesh and blood, real pain, real injustice. That might be too upsetting. Just discard the sordid part. Consider us pure symbol. We're no more real than money."

This retelling was so nice and different from most greek retellings! It had a very modern style, but keeping in the more classic aspects of Greek myths. The insight on Penelope's story, and giving a voice to the Twelve Maids as the Chorus, were brilliantly done.