Omphale
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Ad Nationes
Queen to whom Hercules was enslaved, associated with his degradation.
Add rather to the Herculean titles the debaucheries of maidens and of wives, and the swaddling-bands of Omphale, and the military service of the Argonauts basely deserted on account of the loss of a comely boy.
De Pallio
Lydian queen who enslaved Hercules and dressed him in women's clothes.
So much was permitted to the secret Lydian woman, that Hercules was prostituted in Omphale, and Omphale in Hercules.