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Describe the death of Hercules

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Hercules' wife, Deianira, believes that Hercules is being unfaithful to her. She gives him a garment saturated with poison which burns off his skin when he puts it on. Ultimately, he helps build his own funeral pyre where the mortal part of him is burned away.