Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Achelous and Deianeira: Contest for the Bride
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (river-god suitor; shape-shifting combat; broken horn; marriage to 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)

Characters in shared stories

• Chorus of Trachinian women
• Deianeira
• Dionysus
• Eurytus
• Heracles
• Iole
• Lichas
• Messenger
• Naiads
• Nessus
• Oeneus
• River-gods