[DOC] [TLE] Centaurs - Myth Encyclopedia - mythology, Greek, god, story, names ... [PAR] In one such story, Hercules came to the cave of a centaur named Pholus. ... As 
the son of a god, he would live forever and suffer from the injury forever. ... shows 
centaurs, mythical creatures that were half man and half horse, battling wild 
animals. ... story, a centaur named Nessus tried to rape Deianira, the wife of 
Hercules. [DOC] [TLE] Centaurs, the Centaurs in Greek Mythology [PAR] Centaurs in Greek Mythology were a tribe of half-man and half-horse, centaurs ... 
Ixion killed the father of his wife, but Zeus took pity of him and forgave his acts 
after some time. ... Ixion was tricked and he tried to seduce the woman. ... One of 
these stories refers to centaur Nesus who tried to rape Heracles' wife, Deianeira. [DOC] [TLE] Heracles - Wikipedia [PAR] Heracles born Alcaeus (, Alkaios) or Alcides (, Alkeids), was a 
divine hero in ... In Rome and the modern West, he is known as Hercules, with 
whom the later .... Heracles, but he was taken up and brought to Hera by his half-
sister Athena, who .... As he tried to remove it, the flesh ripped from his bones. [DOC] [TLE] NESSUS (Nessos) - Centaur of Greek Mythology [PAR] In Greek mythology Nessus was one of Thessalian Centaurs. ... after the Lapith 
war and made his way to the Aetolian river Evenus where he ... When Heracles 
arrived with his new bride Deianira, Nessos carried her ... was killed by Herakles 
because he tried to violate Deaneira when he was .... Form, Half-man, half-horse
. [DOC] [TLE] Disney's Hercules - Greek Mythology Link [PAR] Disney's Hercules with Meg (Megara) and the Satyr Phil (Philoctetes) ... 
Bellerophon mounted it when he went to kill the Chimera. It is said to have ... 
Amphitryon and Alcmena had a son Iphicles, half brother of Heracles 1. ... The 
Centaur Nessus 2 tries to rape Heracles 1's wife Deianira 1, while ferrying her 
across a river. [DOC] [TLE] Meet Hercules, the greatest Greek Hero - Greek Mythology [PAR] Hercules as a young man ... After his death, he ascended to Mount Olympus and 
became a god. ... pregnancy of the wife of Sthenelus, who was also a descendant 
of Perseus. ... Cheiron, one of the Centaurs (half human, half horse creatures)
taught him to be .... But halfway across the river, the centaur tried to rape 
Deianeira. [DOC] [TLE]   "Asimov's Guide To Shakespear. Volume 1"  ... [PAR] In one of these madnesses, he killed six of his own children and it was in 
penance for ... is to an event late in Hercules' life, when he took his last wife, 
Deianeira. ... Nessus, a centaur (half man, half horse), offered to carry Deianeira 
across while ... to the other side, the centaur galloped off with Deianeira and tried 
to rape her. [DOC] [TLE] FREE MonkeyNotes Study Guide Summary-The Divine Comedy:The ... [PAR] May 7, 2007 ... Guarding this river are numerous centaurs (half-horse, half-men). ... his own 
blood to avenge his death (explained further in the following notes). ... The 
shattered rocks make the descent a difficult one for Dante. ... Nessus lusted after 
Hercule's wife Dejanira. When he tried to rape her Hercules shoots him. [DOC] [TLE] myth - Florida International University [PAR] [1] These children eventually supplanted their parents and bore a child of .... "ox-
eyed" Hera, as Homer calls her, married Zeus after his first wife Metis met a bad 
end. ... For instance, she had the Furies harass Io and tried to kill Hercules at his 
..... get wet; so he accepted the offer of Nessus, a centaur (half man, half horse),... [DOC] [TLE] 84.02.04: Heracles: Super Hero [PAR] This unit uses HeraclesThe Super Hero as an overall theme, concentrating on

Question: Nessus, one of these, half-horse half-man, was killed by Hercules after he tried to rape Hercules' wife
Answer: a centaur