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Deianira (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Deianira
was the name of three
individuals
whose name
meant
as "man-destroyer" or "destroyer of her husband".
Deianira,
daughter
of
Oeneus
of
Calydon
and
wife
of
Heracles
.
Deianira, an
Amazon
killed
by Heracles during his
quest
for the
girdle
of
Hippolyta
.
Deianira, daughter of
Lycaon
, son of the
giant
Aezeius, one of the first
kings
of the
Peloponnesus
. She
married
Pelasgus
, son of
Niobe
and
Zeus
and, according to some, she became by him
mother of
impious
Lycaon.
