Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• 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)
• Sack of Oechalia and the Taking of Iole (Apollodorus)
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (revenge on Eurytus; city sacked; Iole taken as captive concubine; children of Eurytus slain)
• 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)
• Pyre on Mount Oeta: The Death of Heracles
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Heracles carried to Oeta; pyre built; Philoctetes or Poeas lights it; bow bequeathed; mortal body consumed)

Characters in shared stories

• Artemis
• Chorus of Trachinian women
• Deianeira
• Eurytus
• Heracles
• Hydra of Lerna
• Hyllus
• Iole
• Iphitus
• Lichas
• Megara
• Messenger
• Nessus
• Philoctetes
• Poeas
• Sons of Eurytus