Deianeira
- a variation of Deianira.
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Under Transportation, Louvreland includes St. Paul's rapture and the abductions of Ganymede and Deianeira; the Archangel Gabriel delivers the Mail.
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The Centaur who carries Deianeira across the river; slain by Hercules, 234, 235; significance, 390.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
Same as Hercules, 216; lion skin of, 220; Deianeira accompanies, 234; Deianeira’s charm for, 236; pose of, 239.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
The love of Deianeira is the ardent longing of a highly emotional young woman and mother, but its very intensity brings disaster on both herself and her husband.
From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie
The fight, only temporarily suspended, was now resumed with redoubled ardor, for each of the lovers was intent upon winning the hand of the fair Deianeira.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)