person
Omphale
also: Iardanis, the nymph daughter of Iardanus
Lydian queen whom Hercules served as a slave, dressing in women's clothes and spinning wool while she wore his lion-skin and club.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.11 Ionian girls
Hercules served the Lydian queen Omphale, spinning wool among her maids in woman's dress — the type of the love-enslaved hero.
- The Heroides §9 daughter of Iardanus
Omphale, the Lydian queen and Hercules' mistress, who wore his lion-skin and wielded his club.
- The Festivals §2.15 Maeonian
Omphale, queen of Lydia (Maeonia), whom Hercules served; she and the hero had exchanged clothes.