{"product_id":"alcestis-of-thessaly-mike-french-vittorio-mattioli","title":"Alcestis of Thessaly - Mike French, Vittorio Mattioli","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGreat Women of Greek Mythology series. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/brainfood\/docs\/07._alcestis_of_thessaly\"\u003eRead an excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlcestis is to die. She will pay the ultimate price. Her husband Admetus was to be killed for slighting the goddess Artemis, but Alcestis will give her life instead. So the matter should rest – but the unexpected appearance of the  hero Heracles complicates things. Alcestis finds herself defying her natural order of Hades, returned to life but unable to speak and unrecognised by her household. Can she break free or is she doomed to exist only as a shade?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGREAT WOMEN OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e is a series of short books for young and old introducing readers to the ancient world through its heroines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether simplified adaptations of classic tragedies by Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles or original works based on the surviving sources, these books aim to bring readers on a journey filled with excitement, drama, death and love, all while focusing on the women that have played such an important role in our history yet are still remembered as mere bystanders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile each book can be read separately, and in any order, there is an underlying thread that ultimately connects all these characters and provides a wider view of what it was to be a woman in the ancient Greek world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Creators\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVittorio Mattioli and Mike French are authors, translators, and editors of texts and books. Cosmopolitans in the truest sense, they founded Read Panda Editing, a company based in Estonia. Vittorio, of Greek-Italian heritage, resides in Athens, while Mike—despite his surname—is British and currently lives in Brussels. They primarily offer their services in English, though communication is also possible in Italian, French, Greek, Icelandic, and Spanish. Their publishing initiative Great Women of Greek Mythology marks their first editorial venture in Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distinctive covers of the series are the work of the talented illustrator known as Little Miss Grumpy. A native Athenian, she once aspired to become an actress, but ultimately emerged as one of the most promising illustrators of her generation. 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