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.
- ISBN10 1569476179
- ISBN13 9781569476178
- Publish Date 21 October 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 29 February 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Soho Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English