Lichas

The herald sent by Hercules to Deianira to fetch clothes, carries the poisoned cloak.

Places
  1. Cenaeum
  2. Trachis
Events
  1. Hercules builds a temple of Cenaean Zeus
  2. Hercules sends Lichas to fetch clothes from Deianira
  3. Deianira unwittingly applies poison to Hercules’ clothes
  4. Hercules is burned by the poison tunic, kills Lichas
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.7
  2. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 3.5
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 3.6
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 2.1
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 2.2
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 2.3
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 2.4
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