Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Alecto (Erinyes).
The gallery
The Consequences of War
Peter Paul Rubens, 1637–1638
Rubens' Palatina allegory unleashes Alecto among the wreckage of Europe: the Fury torches the arts while Mars strides through — Virgil's unforgetting Erinys remade as a Baroque indictment of war.
Orestes Pursued by the Furies
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862
Bouguereau's Academic nightmare packs the Erinyes around the matricide — Alecto among the sisters whose names Apollodorus and Hyginus list as the unforgetting punishers of blood-guilt.
The Erinyes
Alonso Vázquez, late 16th–early 17th century
Vázquez paints the Furies as a Spanish Mannerist trio — Alecto, Tisiphone and Megaera as winged tormentors, the named Erinyes of the later mythographic lists.
In play
Aeneid
Virgil
In Aeneid 7 Juno summons Alecto from the Underworld to poison Amata and Turnus — the Fury whose torch and snakes turn Latium into war.
Hades
Supergiant Games
Supergiant's underworld roguelike keeps Alecto among the Fury sisters who guard the House — the unforgetting Erinys as a boss of rage and whip.
Alecto
One of the three named Erinyes — the Fury 'who never rests,' partner to Tisiphone and Megaera in Apollodorus and Hyginus.