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Nessus
A centaur who tried to carry off Deianira and, dying of Hercules' arrow, tricked her with his poisoned blood as a 'love-charm.'
Reading notes
- The Heroides §9 Nessus
The centaur who tried to carry Deianira off and, dying, gave her his poisoned blood as a false love-charm.
- Ibis §12 Nessus
The centaur shot by Hercules' poisoned arrow, whose blood later killed Hercules.
- Metamorphoses §9.244 Nessus
The centaur who offered to ferry Deianira across the Evenus and, shot by Hercules, gave her the poisoned blood that would destroy him.
- Metamorphoses §12.367 Nessus
A Centaur who later dies of Hercules's arrow and poisons the shirt that kills him (Met. 9); here he kills Cymelus.