In Greek mythology, Iole (Ίόλη) was the daughter of Eurytus. Greek mythology consists of an extensive collection of narratives detailing the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, which were first envisioned and disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition. ... In Greek mythology, King Eurytus, or Eurýtos of Oschalia (Oikhalia), Thessaly, was the father of Dryope and Iole. ...
Eurytus promised Iole to whoever could beat his sons in an archery contest. Heracles won but Eurytus abandoned his promise. Heracles killed him and his sons, and abducted Iole. Statue of Heracles In Greek mythology, Heracles, or Heraklês (glory of Hera, ΗÏακλης) was a divine hero, the demigod son of Zeus and Alcmene, and stepson of Alcmenes rightful husband and great-grandson of Perseus. ...
West end of the city was nearly an hours walk away and by the time Iole had navigated through the maze of alleys, strong-legged as she was, she was having trouble controlling her intake of oxygen and her exhaling.
Iole gripped her own heart in a fit, afraid she would fall dead of her own poison there, in such a sickeningly ironic manner, in such a sickeningly ironic location.
Iole had received some rations of pills, but more importantly the mask that she wore every second of her life onward, until seconds before, the mask which filtered out her poisonous breaths and fed her oxygen through a tube.
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