The Women of Trachis | The Women of Trachis

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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...

The Women of Trachis | The Women of Trachis

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