Deianira (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Deianira (/ˌdeɪ.əˈnaɪrə/; Ancient Greek: Δηϊάνειρα, Dēiáneira, or Δῃάνειρα, Dēáneira, [dɛːiáneːra]) was the name of three individuals whose name meant as "man-destroyer"[1] or "destroyer of her husband".[2][3]
- Deianira, daughter of Lycaon, son of the giant , 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 the impious Lycaon.[4]
- Deianira, daughter of Oeneus of Calydon and wife of Heracles.[5]
- Deianira, an Amazon killed by Heracles during his quest for the girdle of Hippolyta.[6]
Notes[]
- ^ P. Walcot, "Greek Attitudes towards Women: The Mythological Evidence" Rome, 2nd Series, 31:1:43 (April 1984); at JSTOR
- ^ Koine. Y. (editor in chief), Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary, 5th ed., Kenkyusha, 1980, p.551.
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses sv. Deianira with Notes and Commentary on Meleagrides p.111
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.11.2 & 1.13.1; Greek Papyri III No. 140b
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 25
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.16.3
References[]
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
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