# The Trachiniae — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Trachiniae by Sophocles.

- [Dramatis Personae](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_trachiniae_se/chapters/dramatis-personae.md): This chapter lists the characters of the play, including Heracles, his wife Deianira, their son Hyllus, the herald Lichas, a messenger, a nurse, an old man, Iolè, captive women, and the Chorus of Trachinian maidens, sett
- [The Trachiniae](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_trachiniae_se/chapters/the-trachiniae.md): The Trachiniae — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_trachiniae_se/chapters/endnotes.md): This chapter provides explanatory endnotes, including a note on the Peleads, the priestesses of Dodona who interpreted the rustling of oak leaves and the cooing of sacred doves, with their name folk-etymologically linked

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