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Deianira was the daughter of Althaea and her husband Oeneus (whose name means "wine-man"), the king of Calydon (after the wine-god gave the king the vine to cultivate), and the half-sister of Meleager. Her other siblings were Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus (or Ageleus), Thyreus (or Phereus or Pheres), Gorge, Eurymede and Melanippe.
In some accounts, Deianira was the daughter of King Dexamenus of Olenus and thus, sister to Eurypylus, Theronice
. The athletic competition consisted on four types of athletics: footraces, pentathlon, combat sports, and equestrian events. Starting in 582 B.C. The victors of these competitions received laurels wreaths as prizes for victory.
Roman epic poetry Metamorphoses Acheloüs and Hercules.
In Ovid's "Metamorphoses" 9, Acheloüs, a river god, tells Theseus the story of how he lost his horns. There was a very beautiful woman named Deianira, who had many suitors. The many suitors of Deianira gathered in the palace of Deianira's father in