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=== Marriage ===

In Sophocles' account of Deianira's marriage, she was courted by the river god [[Achelous]], but was saved from having to marry him by Heracles, who defeated Achelous in a wrestling contest for her hand in marriage.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wohl |first=Victoria |title=A Tragic Case of Poisoning: Intention Between Tragedy and the Law |journal=Transactions of the American Philological Association |volume=140 |issue=1 |year=2010 |page=53|doi=10.1353/apa.0.0046 |s2cid=159697583 }}</ref>

In another version of the tale, where she was described as the daughter of Dexamenus, Heracles raped her and promised to come back and marry her. While he was away, the [[centaur]] [[Eurytion]] appeared and demanded her as his wife. Her father, being afraid, agreed, but Heracles returned before the marriage and slew the centaur and claimed his bride.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#31 31]</ref>

Deianira was associated with combat, and was described as someone who "drove a chariot and practiced the art of war."<ref>Apollodorus, 1.8.1</ref>