Verse play · c. 430 BC
The Trachinian Maidens
Translated by Lewis Campbell (1906)
Deianira, fearing she is losing Heracles to the captive princess Iole, sends him a robe smeared with what she believes is the centaur Nessus' love-charm. It is a poison, and Heracles is carried home in agony to die on a pyre on Mount Oeta, while Deianira takes her own life.
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