Women of Trachis
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Women of Trachis or The Trachiniae c. 450–425 BC, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles.
Hercules on his funeral pyre by Hans Sebald Beham
Artistic rendition of Deianeira being captured by the centaur, Nessus.
Deianira
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Deianira, Deïanira, or Deianeira, also known as Dejanira, is a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology whose name translates as "man-destroyer" or "destroyer of her husband". She was the wife of Heracl
Women of Trachis
…to be less developed than Sophocles' other works, and its dating has been a subject of disagreement among critics and scholars. The story begins with Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, relating the story of her early life and her great difficulties in adjusting to her years of married life. Heracles was not her…
Heracles and Deianira antique fresco in Pompeii
Heracles, Deianira and Nessus, black-figure hydria, 575-550 BCE, Louvre (E 803)
Nessus and Deianira, Enrique Simonet, 1888.