Sophocles: Women of Trakhis: A New Translation [2012] paperback MYTHS was collected by schoolchildren as

was collected by schoolchildren as part of a nationwide project set up in the 1930s to preserve Irish folklore

how they almost fell apart

joined and abandoned various religions

'I felt more alive after reading these essays' ALEXANDER CHEE

You'll be left with a thumping heart and a racing pulse but

Sophocles: Women of Trakhis: A New Translation [2012] paperback MYTHS was collected by schoolchildren asDeianeira is an ordinary woman married to Herakles, the most feared and storied hero of the ancient world and a canny and violent enforcer with a merciless temperament and legendary strength. To keep his affection and preserve her marriage, she must cope with her anxieties about his deadly labors and escapades, and must force herself to tolerate the conduct of a man whose volatile will is impossible to sway or question. But against the complex