Nessus

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Nessus [ˈnɛsəs]

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a centaur that killed Hercules. A garment dipped in its blood fatally poisoned Hercules, who had been given it by Deianira who thought it was a love charm

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Deianira			Another story says that he came to hold the distaff, and at last wore the Nessus shirt. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context 334-345) And Tethys bare to Ocean eddying rivers, Nilus, and Alpheus, and deep-swirling Eridanus, Strymon, and Meander, and the fair stream of Ister, and Phasis, and Rhesus, and the silver eddies of Achelous, Nessus, and Rhodius, Haliacmon, and Heptaporus, Granicus, and Aesepus, and holy Simois, and Peneus, and Hermus, and Caicus fair stream, and great Sangarius, Ladon, Parthenius, Euenus, Ardescus, and divine Scamander. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context He cast his eyes around him and saw a man carrying off Teresa, as Nessus, the centaur, carried Dejanira. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			nervus hypoglosus nervus ischiadicus nervus oculomotorius nervus opticus nervus phrenicus nervus radialis nervus saphenus nervus spinalis nervus trigeminus nervus ulnaris nervus vagus nervus vestibulocochlearis nervy Nesbit nescience nescient Nese nesh Nesokia Ness Nesselrode Nesselrode pudding Nessie Nessler's solution Nesslerize Nessus nest nest box nest egg NESTA nested nester Nestful nesting nesting place nestle nestled nestling Nestor Nestor notabilis Nestor Paz Zamora Commission Nestorian Nestorian Church Nestorianism Nestorius Net net (communications) net asset value net ball Net Book Agreement net call judge			Nessa NESSE NESSEC Nesselrode Nesselrode Nesselrode pudding Nesselrode, Karl Nesselrode, Karl Robert, Count Nesselrode, Karl Vasilevich Nesselrode, Karl, Count nesses nesses NESSF NeSSI Nessia NESSID Nessie Nessie NESSL Nessler tubes Nessler's reagent Nessler's reagent Nessler's solution Nessler's solution Nesslerize NESSN Nessology Nessology NESSR NESST Nessus Nessus Attack Scripting Language NESSWG nest nest nest nest nest nest Nest box nest boxes nest building nest building nest building nest building nest egg nest egg nest egg nest eggs nest eggs nest eggs Nest guarding Nest guarding Nest guarding nest in Nest Run Breaking Stock Nest Software Private Limited nest together nest-like nest-like nest-like

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