HERCULES OETAEUS
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
| Hercules | Son of Jupiter and Alcmena. |
| Hyllus | Son of Hercules and Deianira. |
| Alcmena | Daughter of Electryon, king of Mycenae. |
| Deianira | Daughter of Oeneus, king of Aetolia, and wife of Hercules. |
| Iole | Daughter of Eurytus, king of Oechalia. |
| Nurse | Of Deianira. |
| Philoctetes | A prince of Thessaly, son of Poeas, and the faithful friend of Hercules. |
| Lichas | The messenger (persona muta) of Deianira to Hercules. |
| Chorus | Of Aetolian women, faithful to Deianira. |
| Band | Of Oechalian maidens, suffering captivity in company with
Iole. |
| The scene is laid, first in Euboea, and later at the home of Hercules in Trachin. | |
