Heracles served Omphale, queen of Lydia, as a slave for three years as penance for killing Iphitus. During his servitude they became lovers.
Hercules served Omphale as a slave in Lydia, sold into bondage to atone for murder, and the queen took the hero as her lover, dressing him in women's clothes while she wore his lion skin and wielded his club.
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