Alcestis

Katharine Beutner

first published 2010 Soho Press, Incorporated, 2010

In this vivid reimagining of a classical Greek myth, the eponymous Greek heroine Alcetis, known as the good wife because she loved her husband so much that she died to save his life, tells about her childhood, her marriage to the young king of Pherae, and what happened during the three days she spent in the underworld before being rescued by Heracles. Set in the world of Mycenaean Greece.

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Alcestis ebook · 2023 · Soho Press, Incorporated · 304 pages · 9781641295512
Alcestis edition · 2011 · Soho · 9781569478752
Alcestis edition · 2010 · Soho · 292 pages · 9781569476178
Alcestis edition · 2010 · Soho Press, Incorporated · 304 pages · 9781569478431
Alcestis edition · 2010 · Soho Press, Incorporated · 9781299656451

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