Deianeira/Definition

From Greek mythology, wife of Heracles. The use of her blood of the centaur named Nessos (which she thinks is a love charm, leads to the death of Heracles. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.