Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Iole at Trachis: Lichas’s Lie and the Truth (Sophocles)
  Heroes — Heracles · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Trachiniae* (captive train; Lichas’s false tale; messenger’s exposure; Deianeira recognizes Iole as rival)
• Haemon’s Suicide (Sophocles, Antigone)
  Heroes — Theban / Antigone aftermath · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Antigone*
• Eurydice of Thebes: Suicide after Haemon (Sophocles)
  Heroes — Theban / Antigone aftermath · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Antigone*
• Jocasta’s Suicide (*Oedipus Tyrannus*)
  Heroes — Theban / Oedipus · Attic tragic — Sophocles *OT* (Jocasta hangs herself when the truth is clear)

Places appearing with them

• Aulis / Chalcis
• Evenus
• Household altar
• Jocasta’s chamber
• Oechalia
• Rock tomb
• Theban palace
• Thebes
• Trachis

Themes

• Birth
• Exile
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• War