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Tag: Trachiniai

Sophocles’ Trachinian Women (Trachiniai, Women of Trachis): Summary & Analysis

Posted on May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 by JL Admin

DATE: unknown – placed as early as 450 or as late as 410; probably late 430s COMPETITION: unknown CHARACTERS: Deianeira, Nurse, Hyllos, Messenger, Lichas, Old Man, Herakles; Iole (silent) CHORUS: women of the city of Trachis SETTING: the city of Trachis (in central Greece) SUMMARY: Because of her beauty, Deianeira, the wife of Herakles, had…

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