Deianira

Deianeira

Wife of Hercules who unknowingly sends him a poisoned cloak.

Genealogy

Althaea

Oeneus

Clymenus, Gorge, Meleager, Olenias, Thyreus, Toxeus, Tydeus

Hercules

Ctesippus, Glenus, Hyllus, Macaria, Onites

Places
  1. Calydon
  2. Evenus
  3. Trachis
Events
  1. Hercules wrestles Achelous for Deianira
  2. Hercules kills Nessus
  3. Nessus tries to rape Deianira whilst ferrying her across a river
  4. At Nessus’ instruction Deianira collects Nessus’ bodily fluids for use as a love charm
  5. Deianira unwittingly applies poison to Hercules’ clothes
  6. Hercules, mutilated by the cloak, returns home to Trachis
  7. Deianira kills herself upon discovering the truth about the poison cloak
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.5
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.6
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.7
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.8
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 32.6
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 19.12
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