Editing Iole (section)

====Sophocles' account====
According to [[Sophocles]]' play ''[[Women of Trachis]]'', Iole's mother was [[Antiope (Greek myth)|Antiope]] and her siblings were [[Iphitos]], [[Clytius]], [[Toxeus]], [[Deioneus]], Molion, and Didaeon.<ref>Trach. 266</ref> In the play, Iole is described as the daughter of King Eurytus, the royal princess of Oechalia.<ref>Trach. 382</ref> She is among the captive maidens of Oechalia when Heracles ransacks the city. She is to become the concubine of Heracles.<ref>Trach. 460-490</ref> Toward the end of the play, Heracles asks his son Hyllus to marry her when he dies, so she will be well taken care of. Hyllus agrees to do this for his father.<ref>Trach. 1249-1288</ref>