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Deïaneira or Deïanira (in Greek, Δηϊάνειρα or Δῃάνειρα — she that gets the heroes) was the third wife of Heracles, best-known for her role in the story of the Tunic of Nessus. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x2657, 387 KB) See also: . File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Deianira Guido Reni Nessus (mythology) ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x2657, 387 KB) See also: . File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Deianira Guido Reni Nessus (mythology) ...
Autoportrait Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 Guido Reni (November 4, 1575, Calvenzano di Vergato, near Bologna - August 18, 1642, Bologna) was a prominent Italian painter of high-Baroque style. ...
Year 1620 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1621 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
This article is about the museum: for building history, see Palais du Louvre, for higher education, see École du Louvre. ...
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Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter. ...
Hercules, a Roman bronze (Louvre Museum) For other uses, see Heracles (disambiguation). ...
The Shirt of Nessus, Tunic of Nessus, Nessus-robe, or Nessus shirt is the shirt (chiton) daubed with the tainted blood of the centaur Nessus that Deianeira, Hercules wife, naïvely gave Hercules, burning him, and driving him to throw himself onto a funeral pyre. ...
Deianeira was the daughter of Althaea and Oeneus ('wine-man' and thus civilized), the king of Calydon, and the sister of Meleager. Her father betrothed her to the fearsome river god Achelous, horned and bull-like. Now, Deianeira was no passive blushing princess. "This Deianira drove a chariot and practiced the art of war", noted Apollodorus (Library and Epitome, book i, 8:1) But she wanted nothing to do with her suitor, who was able to take the form of a serpent or a bull. Heracles, the greatest hero of the dawning Olympian world of gods and men, had to defeat the river god to win her as his bride. In Greek mythology, Althaea was the daughter of Thestius, wife of Oeneus and mother of Meleager, Melanippe (one of the Meleagrids), and Deianeira. ...
In Greek mythology, Oeneus, or Oineus was a Calydonian king, son of Porthaon, husband of Althaea and father of Deianira, Meleager and Melanippe. ...
Calydon (Greek Καλυδών) was an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus. ...
This article is about the mythological figure, for the Macedonian king see Meleager (king). ...
Achelous was often reduced to a bearded mask, an inspiration for the medieval Green Man. ...
Apollodorus was a common name in ancient Greece. ...
In another version of this tale, Deianira is instead the daughter of Dexamenus, king of Olenus. Heracles violates her and promises to come back and marry her. Whilst he's away, the centaur Eurytion appears, demanding her as his wife. Her father, being afraid, agrees. Heracles appears in the nick of time and slays the centaur, claiming his bride. [1] Dexamenus is the name of two characters in Greek mythology 1. ...
In Greek mythology, Olenus (or Olenos) was the name of several individuals: Olenus was the son of Hephaestus and father of Helice and Aex. ...
In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: ΚÎνταυÏοι) are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. ...
In Greek mythology, Eurytion referred to three different people. ...
The central story of Deianira concerns the Tunic of Nessus. A wild centaur named Nessus attempted to kidnap Deianira as he was ferrying her across the river Euenos, but she was rescued by Heracles, who shot the centaur with a poisoned arrow. As he lay dying, Nessus lied to Deianira, telling her that a mixture of the semen that he had dropped on the ground and his heart's blood would ensure that Heracles would love her forever. Deianira believed his words and kept a little of the potion by her. Heracles fathered illegitimate children all across Greece. When she became uncertain if Heracles would remain true to her in his fashion, Deianira smeared some of the blood on Heracles' famous hide shirt. Heracles' servant, Lichas, brought him the shirt and he put it on. The centaur's toxic blood burned Heracles terribly, and he threw himself into a funeral pyre. In despair, Deianira committed suicide by hanging herself. The Evinos, Evenus, or Euenos (Greek ΕÏηνος) is a river in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. ...
In Greek mythology, Lichas was Heracles servant. ...
Deianera is the main character in the play Women of Trachis by Sophocles. The Trachiniae (or The Women of Trachis) is a play by Sophocles, notable mainly for the unsympathetic portrayal of Heracles. ...
Sophocles (ancient Greek: ; 495 BC - 406 BC) was the second of three great ancient Greek tragedians. ...
Deianera is also the name of a second character in Greek mythology, an amazon killed by Heracles during his ninth labour, the quest for the girdle of Hippolyta.[2] Amazon can refer to The Amazon River Amazon Rainforest Amazon (people) Ancient women warriors A female gladiator. ...
Hercules, a Roman bronze (Louvre Museum) For other uses, see Heracles (disambiguation). ...
In Greek mythology, Hippolyta is the Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the god of war. ...
Notes - ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 31 [1]
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4.16.3 [2]
References - Harry Thurston Peck, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, 1898
- Robert Graves, The Greek Myths, 1955
Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 5 November 1955) was an English poet, scholar, and novelist. ...
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