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This year, Dorsey honored Maman Brigitte, the female Voodoo spirit of death and protectress of women.
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Shahrzad Rasekh, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2024
In Gracie Gardner’s two-character play, now at Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Athena is not the protectress of Athens but the nom de plum of a 17-year-old high school fencer who likes having a warrior moniker inside the more usual tool kit of lunge, parry and riposte.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2022
If Gemma was Dante’s Penelope, Beatrice was his Athena—the divine protectress of his odyssey.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
Brizo is named for a minor Greek goddess who was a protectress of fishermen, and arriving guests are greeted by a colorful floor mural of the deity, fetchingly mermaid-like, brandishing a trident.
—Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 10 July 2019
The poet laureate of intoxicating romance looks up at the night sky and finds a protectress.
—Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
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Shahrzad Rasekh, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2024
In Gracie Gardner’s two-character play, now at Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Athena is not the protectress of Athens but the nom de plum of a 17-year-old high school fencer who likes having a warrior moniker inside the more usual tool kit of lunge, parry and riposte.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2022
If Gemma was Dante’s Penelope, Beatrice was his Athena—the divine protectress of his odyssey.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
Brizo is named for a minor Greek goddess who was a protectress of fishermen, and arriving guests are greeted by a colorful floor mural of the deity, fetchingly mermaid-like, brandishing a trident.
—Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 10 July 2019
The poet laureate of intoxicating romance looks up at the night sky and finds a protectress.
—Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
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“Protectress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protectress. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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