Deianira

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Deianira is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the second wife of the hero Heracles and for inadvertently causing his death through the poisoned tunic.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
actuallyPropertyOfObject blood of Nessus as poison ⓘ
alternateName Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
appearsIn Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus' Library of History ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Siculus

Ovid's "Heroides" ⓘ
linked to: Heroides

Ovid's "Metamorphoses" ⓘ
associatedWith Aetolia ⓘ
Calydon ⓘ
linked to: Kalydon

centaur Nessus ⓘ
linked to: Centaurs
associatedWork Sophocles' tragedy "Women of Trachis" ⓘ
attemptedToEnsure continued love of Heracles ⓘ
believedPropertyOfObject blood of Nessus as love charm ⓘ
causeOf burning agony of Heracles ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide (in many versions) ⓘ
causeOfDeathOf Heracles ⓘ
culture Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
etymology "destroyer of man" or "man-destroyer" ⓘ
father Oeneus ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasChild Ctesippus ⓘ
Glenus ⓘ
Hyllus ⓘ
Macaria ⓘ
Onites ⓘ
Therimachus ⓘ
influencedBy Nessus ⓘ
knownFor being the second wife of Heracles ⓘ
causing the death of Heracles ⓘ
sending Heracles a poisoned tunic ⓘ
laterRegretted sending the poisoned tunic ⓘ
marriageContestWith river god Achelous ⓘ
marriageWonBy Heracles ⓘ
methodOfSuicide hanging (in many versions) ⓘ
mother Althaea ⓘ
motiveForSendingTunic fear of losing Heracles' affection ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
objectReceived blood of Nessus ⓘ
pursuedBy Achelous ⓘ
linked to: river god Achelous
receivedObjectFrom Nessus ⓘ
rescuedBy Heracles ⓘ
roleInWork central character in "Women of Trachis" ⓘ
sibling Meleager ⓘ
spouseOf Heracles ⓘ
Heracles, son of Zeus and Alcmene ⓘ
linked to: Heracles

Herakles ⓘ
linked to: Heracles
usedObjectOn tunic of Heracles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heracles → spouse → Deianira ⓘ
Iole → associatedWith → Deianira ⓘ
Hyllus → childOf → Deianira ⓘ
Hyllus → raisedBy → Deianira ⓘ
Deianira → alternateName → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Althaea → child → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Achelous → competedFor → Deianira ⓘ
subject linked to: river god Achelous
Kalydon → associatedWithFigure → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Heroides → mainCharacter → Deianira ⓘ
The Women of Trachis → mainCharacter → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Hercules Oetaeus → character → Deianira ⓘ
Nessus → spouseOf → Deianira (indirectly, by attempted abduction) ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Nessus → associatedWith → Deianira ⓘ
Iólē → associatedWith → Deianira ⓘ
Iólē → motherInLaw → Deianira ⓘ
Meleager → sibling → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Onites → hasMother → Deianira ⓘ
Therimachus → childOf → Deianira ⓘ
tunic of Heracles → associatedWith → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
tunic of Heracles → givenBy → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Glenus → notableFamilyMember → Deianira ⓘ
Toxeus → sibling → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Periphas → sibling → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Gorge → sibling → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Gorge → relative → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Thyreus → sibling → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Thyreus → notableRelatives → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Perseids → hasMember → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
House of Aeolus → hasMember → Deianeira (daughter of Eurytus, in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Lichas → bringsObjectTo → Deianira ⓘ
Lichas → relatedTo → Deianira ⓘ
Chorus of Trachinian women → associatedWithCharacter → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Hercules → hasSpouse → Deianira ⓘ
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom → character → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Hercules in the Underworld → featuresCharacter → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira
Trachiniae → featuresCharacter → Deianeira ⓘ
linked to: Deianira