demigoddess

Since her comic book debut in 1941, Wonder Woman has been recognized as an Amazon princess, a demigoddess and an emissary and ambassador from her homeland.

It’s not until nearly halfway through the book that Karen realizes Zed is none other than Zeus, king of the gods, and she herself by extension is a demigoddess.

Streep sharing a name with her character is a fourth-wall-breaking genuflection to her demigoddess presence, which might alone persuade us that it was appropriate to revive this story.

In “Circe,” Miller weaves a story about the demigoddess with whom Odysseus tarried on his way home to Penelope.

The reliefs are truly exceptional, depicting religious and cultic scenes, priests, and what appears to be a demigoddess or a high-priestess.