Editing Iole (section)

==Appearances in popular culture==
Iole appeared in cinema as early as the 1958 film ''[[Hercules (1958 film)|Hercules]]''. She was portrayed by model/actress [[Sylva Koscina]]. She is the daughter of King [[Pelias]] of [[Iolcus]] and cousin of [[Jason]]. She first meets Hercules after he saves her from a wild chariot ride and returns her safely home. She vouches for Hercules' identity as the man hired by her father to train her brother [[Iphitus]] in the art of war. While he remains in the kingdom, Iole quickly falls in love with Hercules but their romance sours over the death of Iphitis during Hercules' battle with a lion. Despite her outward rejection of Hercules, she continues to love him and waits for his return once he joins Jason's quest for the [[Golden Fleece]]. It is eventually revealed Iole's father plotted the murder of his brother [[Aeson]] so he could inherit the rule of Iolcus. Once Hercules and Jason return and confront Pelias with the truth, Pelias' army is defeated and he commits suicide. After Jason assumes the throne as King of Iolcus, Iole leaves with Hercules aboard the Argo to begin a new life together. Koscina reprised the role the following year in ''[[Hercules Unchained]]''. In the sequel, Iole is happily married to Hercules and they return to Hercules' homeland of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] to start their married life. Iole, however, becomes a prisoner of Thebes' deranged king [[Eteocles]] in his attempt to punish Hercules for allegedly siding with Eteocles' brother [[Polinices]] in their civil war for the throne of Thebes. Aided in her attempt to escape Thebes, Iole is then captured by Polinices' mercenary army of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argives]]. After the final battle between Thebes and the Argives, she is rescued by Hercules.

Iole appears in the 1963 film ''[[Hercules, Samson and Ulysses]]''. The film is a sequel to the 1959 film ''[[Hercules Unchained]]''; however, the role of Iole is portrayed by Diletta D'Andrea, replacing Sylva Koscina. She is still married to Hercules and is mother to a little boy who she raises in the house of King [[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laertes]] of [[Homer's Ithaca|Ithaca]]. She shows grave concern for Hercules' newest mission to destroy a sea monster menacing the fishing waters off the coast of the kingdom. When news is returned home that Hercules and his crew have been shipwrecked, she urges King Laertes to muster a rescue party. She joins the voyage aboard the ''Argo'' and reunites with Hercules off the coast of [[Judea]] where the couple bid farewell to Hercules' newest ally [[Samson]] and sail home.

Iole appears in ''[[Hercules in the Underworld]]'', played by [[Marley Shelton]]. She is a Neurian Maiden, one trained in the art of seduction. She recruits Hercules to help her village because a portal to the underworld has opened up. Though she already has a boyfriend named Lycastus, in an effort to persuade Hercules to help, she attempts to seduce him and manages to kiss him, but he remains faithful to his wife Deianeira and says he'll help her village because it is the right thing to do. Similar to the original myth, Deianeira becomes suspicious of the two spending time together as they travel to her village and sends Hercules a cloak smeared with Nessus's blood, thinking it will keep Hercules faithful to her. Instead, the cloak tries to strangle him when he puts it on, but he manages to destroy it. After Hercules manages to solve the portal problem, Iole decides to start a family with Lycastus.

Iole appears as a little girl in 2005's mini-series ''[[Hercules (miniseries)|Hercules]]''; she is the daughter of [[Eurystheus]] and [[Megara]]. In an attempt to bring peace between the two branches of the family, Hercules asks for his son [[Hyllus|Hyllas]] to be betrothed to Iole should he fulfill one of his Labours: capturing/shooting the Cerynian Hind; he's successful, but Eurystheus refuses, having been foretold that Iole's husband would eventually kill him. This is later proved true when Hyllas throws a knife at the king.

Iole was a pseudonym adopted by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] over a period from 1825 to 1826.

=== Middle Age tradition ===
She is remembered in ''[[De Mulieribus Claris]]'', a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the [[Florence|Florentine]] author [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], composed in 1361{{endash}}62. It is notable as the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in [[Western literature]].<ref name="Brown_xi">{{cite book |last=Boccaccio |first=Giovanni |author-link=Giovanni Boccaccio |year=2003 |translator=Virginia Brown |title=Famous Women |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, MA |series=I Tatti Renaissance Library |volume=1 |isbn=0-674-01130-9 |page=xi}}</ref>