The Trachiniae Characters in the Play
[ Scene:- At Trachis, before the house of Heracles .
[ Hyllus comes in from the side. ]
[ Iole maintains her silence. ]
[ Exit Messenger , as Lichas Deianeira ]
[ Lichas enters from the house. ]
[ Lichas departs with the casket and Deianeira ]
[ Deianeira comes out of the house in agitation. ]
Deianeira Friends, how I fear that I may have gone too far in all that I have been doing just now!
[ Deianeira moves towards the house. ]
[ Deianeira goes in the house. ]
[ Exit Hyllus , into the house. ]
[ Enter Nurse , from the house. ]
[ Enter Hyllus and an Old Man Heracles ]
[ The attendants raise Heracles on the litter and move slowly off, as Hyllus Chorus ]
Leader [to Deianeira ] Why dost thou depart in silence? Knowest thou not that such silence pleads for thine accuser?