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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]
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 , 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 , 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