Killing Hercules : Deianira and the Politics of Domestic Violence, from Sophocles to the War on Terror (Paperback)

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: The Trachiniae of SophoclesChapter 2: Hurting Inside(s): Hercules and Deianira in Ancient RomeChapter 3: Wrestling with Hercules in the Middle AgesChapter 4: Dalliance and Puddinges: Translating Herculean Marriage in/to Post-Reformation EnglandChapter 5: Baroque and Berserk: from the King’s Execution to the King’s TheatreChapter 6: ‘After Sophocles’: Deianira and the ‘War on Terror’Appendix. Translation: The Women of TrachisBibliographiesIndex