A Husband Like Heracles (Hercules), the Tragedy of Deianeira (Sophocles’ Trachiniae Part 1)
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Heracles Is No Longer in Lydia
Heracles is no longer in lydia, actually. He's just over in eubea pretty damned close by, where he's gone to war with the king eurytus. With this news, hylos is certain that he will go in search of his father. So with that, hylos leaves for acalia. And the chorus of women tracus begin to sing. They sing of heracles asking helios, the sun god who sees all, to provide news of the hero. It also feels like she's got maybe some undiagno slash, literally impossible to be diagnosed because she's ancient, and mythological,. anxiety disorder, and maybe some depression too.
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