The Women of Trachis (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sophocles
- First Published: 1729
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Trachis
- Principal Characters: Herakles, Deianira, Hyllus, Lichas, Iole, Chorus of Trachinian Maidens
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Justice, Magic or magicians, Mythical animals, Suicide, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Death or dying, Gods or goddesses, Captivity, Heroes or heroism, Greek or Roman times, Poisons or poisoning, Oracles
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Trachis, ancient
The Story:
Fifteen long months had passed since Deianira had received word from Herakles, her husband, who, when he left on his last journey, had given her a tablet setting forth the disposition of his estate and stating that it had been decreed that after a year and three moons had passed he would either die or live happily thereafter in untroubled peace. The fated day had arrived, and Deianira was filled with foreboding.
Before she could send her son Hyllus to get accurate news of her husband, a messenger, outstripping the herald Lichas, arrived to announce that...
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