French school of the 19th century, The abduction of Dejanira - Lot 300

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French school of the 19th century, The abduction of Dejanira - Lot 300
French school of the 19th century, The abduction of Dejanira by the Centaur Nessus, patinated bronze. Dimensions : 74 x 47x 17 cm. After a bronze from Antiquity. Dejanira is a character from Greek mythology. - She was the daughter of the Aetolian king of Calydon, Oeneus (Oeneus), and of Althea, or the daughter of Dionysus and Althea. Hygin made Dejanira the daughter of Dexamenos, king of Olenos, and the centaur Eurytion, her first fiancé. She was the sister of Méléagre whose death she mourned. She and Gorgia owed to the protection of Dionysus not to be, like their sisters, changed into guinea fowls by irritated Artemis. She was a brave and warlike woman, wielding weapons, driving a war chariot. She married Heracles who defeated her fiancé, the god of the river Achelous. It has sometimes been said that this union of Dejanira and Heracles may have symbolized the alliance of the Dorians and Etolians before the conquest of the Peloponnese. She gave birth to Hyllus, the ancestor of the Heraclides. When the hero left Calydon, Dejanira accompanied him.
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