Deianira

American  

[dee-yuh-nahy-ruh] / ˌdi jəˈnaɪ rə /

Or Deianeira

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.

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Deianira British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

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Deianira

The man who brought them to Deianira told her that Hercules was madly in love with this Princess.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The cause of the contest, a young princess named Deianira, became his wife.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Before he died he told Deianira to take some of his blood and use it as a charm for Hercules if ever he loved another woman more than her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

They wreathed it with vines and with clustering grapes, and bearing it aloft presented it to Hercules and his beautiful bride Deianira.

From Good Stories for Holidays by Frances Jenkins Olcott

On the steps of the temple where Meleagrus and his uncles had been brought Heracles saw Deianira, Meleagrus’s sister.

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

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