Deianira [SEP] mother
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
and Theraephon. Others called this daughter of Dexamenus as Mnesimache or Hippolyte.
Deianira became the mother of Hyllus, Glenus, Onites, Ctesippus and Macaria who saved the Athenians from defeat by Eurystheus.
Mythology.
Mythology Marriage.
In Sophocles' account of Deianira's marriage, she was courted by the river god Achelous but saved from having to marry him by Heracles, who defeated Achelous in a wrestling contest for her hand in marriage.
In another version of the tale where she was described as the daughter of