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Deianira (mythology)

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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]

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  1. ^ P. Walcot, "Greek Attitudes towards Women: The Mythological Evidence" Rome, 2nd Series, 31:1:43 (April 1984); at JSTOR
  2. ^ Koine. Y. (editor in chief), Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary, 5th ed., Kenkyusha, 1980, p.551.
  3. ^ Antoninus Liberalis, sv. Deianira with Notes and Commentary on Meleagrides p.111
  4. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.11.2 & 1.13.1; Greek Papyri III, 140b, perhaps attributed to Pamprepius of Panopolis as the author
  5. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 25
  6. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.16.3

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