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deianira

/ˌdi.əˈnaɪ̯.ɹə/

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What does deianira mean?

proper noun

  1. The third wife of Heracles.

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/ˌdi.əˈnaɪ̯.ɹə/

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In the comedies she goes by the nicknames of the new Omphale and Deianira, and again is styled Juno.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
Hercules and Deianira are by no means so: he is sentimental, and she most improperly sorrowful.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610