Nessus
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
A Centaur who, for attempting to carry off Dejanira, Hercules' wife, was shot by Hercules with an arrow dipped in the blood of the Hydra ( q. v .), and who in dying handed to Dejanira his mantle, dipped in his poisoned blood, as a charm to regain her husband's affections should he at any time prove unfaithful. See Hercules .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
the god of a river in Thrace which bore the same name.
