Deianira. Deianira, Deianira, or Deianeira, also known as Dejanira, was a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology whose name translated as man-destroyer or destroyer of her husband.
She was the wife of Heracles and, in late Classical accounts, his unwitting murderer, killing him with the poisoned Shirt of Nessus. She is the main character in Sophocles' play Women of Trachis.
Deianira was the daughter of Althaea and her husband Oeneus, the king of Calydon, and the half-sister of Meleager. Her other siblings were Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus, Thyreus, Gorge, Eurymede and Melanippe.
In some accounts, Deianira was the daughter of King Dexamenus of Olenus and thus, sister to Eurypylus, Theronice and Theraephon. Others called this daughter of Dexamenus as Mnesimache or Hippolyte.
Deianira became the mother of Hyllus, Glenus, Onites, Ctesippus and Macaria who saved the Athenians from defeat by Eurystheus. In Sophocles' account of Deianira's marriage, she was courted by the river god Achelous but saved from having to marry him by Heracles, who defeated Achelous in a wrestling contest for her hand in marriage. In another version of the tale where she was described as the daughter of Dexamenus, Heracles raped her and promised to come back and marry her. While he was away, the centaur Eurytion appeared and demanded her as his wife. Her father being afraid, agreed but Heracles returning before
She was the wife of Heracles and, in late Classical accounts, his unwitting murderer, killing him with the poisoned Shirt of Nessus. She is the main character in Sophocles' play Women of Trachis.
Deianira was the daughter of Althaea and her husband Oeneus, the king of Calydon, and the half-sister of Meleager. Her other siblings were Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus, Thyreus, Gorge, Eurymede and Melanippe.
In some accounts, Deianira was the daughter of King Dexamenus of Olenus and thus, sister to Eurypylus, Theronice and Theraephon. Others called this daughter of Dexamenus as Mnesimache or Hippolyte.
Deianira became the mother of Hyllus, Glenus, Onites, Ctesippus and Macaria who saved the Athenians from defeat by Eurystheus. In Sophocles' account of Deianira's marriage, she was courted by the river god Achelous but saved from having to marry him by Heracles, who defeated Achelous in a wrestling contest for her hand in marriage. In another version of the tale where she was described as the daughter of Dexamenus, Heracles raped her and promised to come back and marry her. While he was away, the centaur Eurytion appeared and demanded her as his wife. Her father being afraid, agreed but Heracles returning before
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