Hercules second wife Deianeira and his death.

Hercules second wife Deianeira and his death.
by valpetridis @ 2008-07-05 - 02:08:00
Hercules second wife Deianeira and his death.
Hercules second wife princess Deianeira was told by Nessus as he was dying that his blood was a love potion. In fact it was caustic and toxic. Hercules is said to have fallen for a women called Viola who was the daughter of King Eurytus. Hercules is said to have killed Eurytus and stolen Viola. However if you recall from the above interpretations, king Augeas of the stables hercules cleaned was slain after the city was cleaned and hercules walked away with some of its people and cattle as tribute for cleaning and unifying its people. Hercules put Phyleus, , king Augeas son, in power because he was pro hercules and pro greek union. Eurytus was his other son and viola his daughter. When unifying his kingdom hercules sleigh Erytus and placed his daughter in power. Deianeira became jealous fearing that Hercules was not faithful and used what she thought was Nessus holy blood potion, a potion of love, to make Hercules fall further in love with her. Nessus death represents the dieing centaur people as they unified and their trickery to destroy the man who was the symbol of the unity that was causing their death. The blood was meant to kill Hercules, meaning it was a toxic formula created to hurt him, in some versions Hercules kills himself and goes through Hades before going to mount Olympus. In some versions of this story Hercules dies and goes through Hades before ascending to mount Olympus or the Elysian Fields. In a popular version he is taken up to mount Olympus after Hera and Zeus agree he had suffered enough, in another version his body is transfigured and he ascends to heaven or mount Olympus. The Elysian Fields are heaven to the ancient Greeks, those more virtuous then vice filled go there, meaning good people go there not Hades.
That ends Hercules next the truth of Alexander the great.