Trachis

Trachis

More information on Trachis is available at the Pleiades project.

settlement

Events
  1. Hercules vists Ceyx, conquers the Dryopes
  2. Hercules musters an army of Arcadians, Melians and Locrians to attack Oechalia
  3. Deianira unwittingly applies poison to Hercules’ clothes
  4. Hercules, mutilated by the cloak, returns home to Trachis
  5. Deianira kills herself upon discovering the truth about the poison cloak
  6. Hercules’ sons flee to Ceyx
  7. Achilles and the Myrmidons send ships to Troy
People
  1. Achilles
  2. Ceyx
  3. Deianira
  4. Hercules
  5. Hyllus
  6. Lichas
Groups
  1. Arcadians
  2. Dryopes
  3. Heraclids
  4. Locrians
  5. Melians
  6. Myrmidons
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.6
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.7
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 680
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 4.2
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 32.6
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 4.8
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 3.2
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 22.1
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 22.8
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