Episode 17: Heroes at Home Deianara

MythTake by Alison Innes & Darrin Sunstrum

Dec 29, 20161:11:05Education

This week we meet an unlikely hero, Deianara. Can this fearful, anxious woman, blamed for the death of Heracles, be considered a hero? We think so! Passages: Sophocles Trachiniae (Women of Trachis) lines 1-48, 436-469.Tr...

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