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Heracles carrying his son Hyllus looks at the centaur Nessus, who is about to carry Deianira across the river on his back. Antique fresco from Pompeii

Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620–21, Louvre Museum.

Enrique Simonet, Nessus and Deianira, 1888.

2006 picture of Laurent Marqueste's statue of Nessus struck by an arrow while carrying off Deianeira

Heracles and Nessus by Giambologna, (1599), Florence.

In Greek mythology, Nessus (Ancient Greek: Νέσσος, romanized: Nessos) was a famous centaur who was killed by Heracles, and whose poisoned blood in turn killed Heracles. He was the son of Centauros. He fought in the battle with the Lapiths and became a ferryman on the river Euenos.