Omphale
- a queen of Lydia, whom Hercules served, Hyg. Fab. 32; Prop. 4, 10, 17; Ov. F. 2, 305; Stat. Th. 10, 646; cf. Preller's Gr. Mythol. 2, p. 158.
(Ὀμφάλη), a daughter of the Lydian king Jardanus, and wife of Tmolus, after whose death she undertook the government herself. When Heracles, in consequence of the murder of Iphitus, was ill of a serious disease, and received the oracle that he could not be released unless he served some one for wages for the space of three years, Hermes, accordingly, sold Heracles to Omphale, by whom he became the father of several children. (Apollod. 1.9.19, 2.6.3, 7.8; Soph. Trach. 253; Dionys. A. R. 1.28; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 13.2; comp. Heracles.) [L.S]
(Ὀμφάλη). The daughter of the Lydian king Iardanus, and wife of Tmolus, on whose death she governed the kingdom herself. When Heracles was cursed with a dangerous disease as a punishment for the slaying of Iphitus, the oracle informed him that he could only be cured by serving for hire for a period of three years. To effect the cure, Hermes sold him to Omphalé, with whom he fell in love, and to please her put on her garments and spun wool, while she wore his lion skin. By him she had several children (Diod.iv. 31; Apollod.ii.6.3; Ovid, Fasti, ii. 305; Her. ix. 53).
- Herakles stays with: Paus. 1.35.8
- mistress of Herakles: Apollod. 1.9.18
- daughter of Iardanus(Iardanes), queen of Lydia, buys Herakles as a slave: Apollod. 2.6.2
- his servitude with her: Apollod. 2.6.2, Apollod. 2.6.3, Apollod. 2.6.3
- mother of Agelaus by Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.8