Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Nessus and Deianeira: The Centaur’s Poisoned Blood
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (ferry at the Evenus; attempted rape; Hydra-poisoned arrow; dying “love-charm” of blood and semen stored by Deianeira)
• 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)
• Trachis and the Poisoned Robe: Deianeira’s Gift and Heracles’ Agony
  Heroes — Heracles · Sophoclean / Apollodorean (robe anointed with Nessus’s blood; Lichas delivers it; Hydra venom burns; Lichas killed; Deianeira’s suicide)
• Lichas and the Poisoned Robe
  Heroes — Heracles / Trachiniae endgame · Sophoclean / Apollodorean — Lichas brings the gift; Heracles hurls him to death

Places appearing with them

• Aulis / Chalcis
• Evenus
• Far bank of the Evenus
• Mount Oeta
• Oechalia
• Pleuron
• River Evenus
• Sea off Euboea
• Trachis

Themes

• Abduction
• Exile
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Underworld
• War