A retelling of Sophocles · 440 BC

Women of Trachis

“Deianeira, wife of the hero Heracles, waits anxiously at Trachis for her wandering husband. When he sends home a beautiful captive girl he means to make his mistress, Deianeira tries to win back his love with a charm given her long ago by a dying centaur — and destroys him, and herself.”

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Contents5 episodes · ~14 min

  1. 1Waiting (Prologue and Entry of the Chorus)Free
  2. 2The Captives (First Episode)🔒
  3. 3The Robe (Second Episode)🔒
  4. 4The Tuft of Wool (Third Episode)🔒
  5. 5Heracles (Exodos)🔒