Alecto : Songbook

Alecto is one of the furies from Greek mythology. Along with her sisters, Tisiphone and Megaera she kills the mortals that Zeus singles out for divine punishment. She is ruthless and implacable. With the advent of Christianity however, the Christian God sends his black angels to wipe out the Greek gods and in a surprise attack on Mount Olympus and Hades everyone is murdered except Alecto. Alecto spends the next two thousand years fleeing from the black angels who will not be satisfied until she is dead. She disguises herself as a mortal and keeps her winged claws strapped down in a tight corset that gives her constant pain.