Deianira
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Deianira, Deïanira, or Deianeira, also known as Dejanira, is a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology whose name translates as "man-destroyer" or "destroyer of her husband". She was the wife of Heracl
Heracles and Deianira antique fresco in Pompeii
Heracles, Deianira and Nessus, black-figure hydria, 575-550 BCE, Louvre (E 803)
Nessus and Deianira, Enrique Simonet, 1888.
Shirt of Nessus
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In Greek mythology, the Shirt of Nessus, Tunic of Nessus, Nessus-robe, or Nessus' shirt was the poisoned shirt that killed Heracles. It was once a popular reference in literature. In folkloristics, it
Deianira
…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 (whose name means "wine-man…
Lichas bringing the garment of Nessus to Hercules (as Heracles was known in Roman mythology), woodcut by Hans Sebald Beham, circa 1542–1548.