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The Trachiniae Word Scramble
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About This Challenge
The Trachiniae is a play by Sophocles that tells the tragic story of Heracles and his wife Deianira. To dive deeper into the themes and vocabulary of the play, we have created a word scramble game that will test your knowledge and understanding of the key terms used in The Trachiniae.
- Unscramble key vocabulary terms related to the play
- No time limit, but limited number of moves
- Use spells to get extra moves and advance in the game
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- Trachiniae
- The title of the play, refers to the women of Trachis, particularly Deianira.
- Deianira
- The wife of Heracles and main character of the play.
- Heracles
- The legendary hero and son of Zeus, central figure in the play.
- Nessus
- The centaur who tries to assault Deianira and is later killed by Heracles.
- Centaur
- A mythological creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse.
- Lichas
- A messenger who brings the poisoned cloak to Heracles.
- Poisoned cloak
- The garment soaked in the blood of the Hydra, given to Heracles by Deianira as a love charm.
- Hydra
- A multi-headed serpent slain by Heracles as one of his twelve labors.