This play took first place in the tragedy festival of 448 B.C. In it, Lichas is sent by the heroine to her husband, whose affections have been inconstant, with a shirt which she thinks he will like, but does not know that Nessus has poisoned. He puts on the shirt and, when it starts to be painful but can't be removed, calls Hyllus to build a funeral pyre for his apotheosis. The husband, Herakles, charges Hyllus to kill his own mother, the heroine Deianeira, in revenge, but Hyllus does not when he learns she acted innocently. Herakles curses them and Deianeira commits s
This play took first place in the tragedy festival of 448 B.C. In it, Lichas is sent by the heroine to her husband, whose affections have been inconstant, with a shirt which she thinks he will like, but does not know that Nessus has poisoned. He puts on the shirt and, when it starts to be painful but can't be removed, calls Hyllus to build a funeral pyre for his apotheosis. The husband, Herakles, charges Hyllus to kill his own mother, the heroine Deianeira, in revenge, but Hyllus does not when he learns she acted innocently. Herakles curses them and Deianeira commits suicide. For 10 points identify this tragedy named for the city where Deianeira resides, a work of Sophocles.
This play took first place in the tragedy festival of 448 B.C.