The Children of Herakles (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 430
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: The age of legend
- Setting: Before the temple of Zeus at Marathon
- Principal Characters: Iolaus, Copreus, Demophon, Macaria, Alcmene, Eurystheus
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Legends, Gods or goddesses, Heroes or heroism, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Peloponnesian War
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Marathon, Greece
The Story:
Iolaus, the aged warrior friend of the dead Herakles, together with Alcmene and the Herakleidae, the children of Herakles, had for years been wandering over Greece seeking a refuge from Eurystheus, king of Argos. No city had dared to take them in against the command of the powerful Argive ruler. At last the wanderers arrived in Athens. There, while resting at the temple of Zeus, they were immediately confronted by Copreus, the herald of Eurystheus, who demanded that they proceed at once to Argos and submit to death by stoning. Iolaus staunchly refused, and when...
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