Deianira

or De·ia·nei·ra

[ dee-yuh-nahy-ruh ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules, whom she killed unwittingly by giving him a shirt that had been dipped in the poisoned blood of Nessus.

Deianira

/ ˌdiːəˈnaɪərə; ˌdeɪə- /

noun

1. Greek myth a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules. She unintentionally killed Hercules by dipping his tunic in the poisonous blood of the Centaur Nessus, thinking it to be a love charm

Example Sentences

Deianira is introduced by Ovid, as asking Hercules, if he did not well remember this practice.

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Seeing his perplexity, Nessus, one of the Centaurs, offered to take Deianira on his back and carry her over the stream.

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The jealousy evinced by Deianira is beautifully soft and womanly 369.

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Both Ovid and Boccaccio represent Deianira as ignorant of the fatal effects which the shirt would produce.

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Achelous (Achelo′us) was a river god, and the rival of Hercules in his love for Deianira.

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