CLA204H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Iphitos, Euripides, Deianira
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Iole daughter of king of oechalia [eurytus] who was promised as a prize in an archery competition which heracles won but was refused. Heracles sacks the city, steals her to be his concubine. Wife deianira is jealous and gave hercules a poisoned cloak. Omphale foreign lydian queen who owned heracles for a period of time as part of his punishment for killing iphitus being a slave is shameful for a greek hero, they may have been lovers. Deianira wife of heracles who unknowingly causes his death by poisoning his cloak thinking it was a love potion from nessus due to her jealousy. Megara daughter of creon [king of thebes] first wife of heracles who was killed along with their children when hera struck heracles with temporary madness. Their deaths is the cause for the 12 trials of heracles to seek atonement. Amphitryon husband of alcmene father to iphicles but not his twin heracles.
