Heroine
Deianira
Δηϊάνειρα
Overview
Wife of Heracles whose unwitting use of the poisoned blood of Nessus leads to his mortal death.
Generation
Heroic Age
Parents
Unknown or primordial.
Children
Related Myths
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Heracles and Deianira
Wife of Heracles -
The Death and Apotheosis of Heracles
Sends the fatal garment without understanding its poison -
Heracles and Achelous
Woman sought in marriage by both Heracles and Achelous