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GCSE Classics · key term
Hercules’ wife, who unknowingly sends him a poisoned shirt because she believes it will restore his love.
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Paper 1
Revise: RomeAchelous, a river-god, tells Theseus about competing with Hercules to marry Deianira, the daughter of Oeneus. Theseus’ question about Achelous’ damaged forehead introduces the story through its consequences: Achelous must explain a defeat he finds painful to remember.
In Ovid, distinguish what characters believe from what they know: Deianira believes the shirt will restore love, and Lichas does not know it is poisoned.
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