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Sophocles' Women of Trachis is a play that resonates with the complexity of life, expressing happiness entwined with despair and beauty tangled with violence. The date of the play is uncertain, but it was probably composed sometime between 450-425 BCE. The protagonists are Heracles (Hercules), the son of Zeus, and Deianeira, his beautiful wife. The story is myth, but the theme is timeless. Heracles falls in love with a younger woman whom he has taken captive, and Deianeira tries to reclaim his love using magic from a long-dead centaur's blood. Within the familiar theme of love and heartbreak, Sophocles creates an image of the world with its fragility, mutability, passion, and tragedy. Sophocles (born 496 BCE in Colonus, near Athens) is one of the greatest

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Sophocles was born in 496 BCE in Colonus and died in 406 BCE inAthens. He is one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece and isbest known for Oedipus Rex. Women of Trachis is thought to be one of hisearliest tragedies, though there is no definitive date for its composition.Sophocles is said to have won first prize at the Festival of Dionysus at leasteighteen times. Viveca Smith studied ancient Greek at Baylor University. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas.

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