157 Dejanira & Deianira - The Heracles' Fountain in Wallenstein Garden / Heraklova kašna ve Valdštejnské zahrade (Prague) - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

Main belt asteroid 157 Dejanira is named after princess Deianira in Greek mythology. The given coordinates mark Deianira statue, a part of the Heracles' Fountain in Wallenstein garden at Prague's Lesser Town.

157 Dejanira is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on December 1, 1875. The Dejanira family of asteroids is named after it. Photometric observations of this asteroid were made in early 2009 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The resulting light curve shows a synodic rotation period of 15.825 ± 0.001 hours. [wiki]

Bronze sculpture of Heracles, Centaur Nessus and Deianira by famous Mannerist artist Adrian de Vries is a key part of Heracles' Fountain in Wallenstein Garden. Sculpture is copy of original, which was in 1648 stolen by Swedish army plundering Prague.

The sculpture depicts one of Heracles affairs, connected with his marriage to Deianira, for whom he had to fight the river god Achelous. Soon after they wed, Heracles and Deianira had to cross a river, and a centaur named Nessus offered to help Deianira across but then attempted to rape her. Enraged, Heracles killed Nessus and liberated his wife.

Deianira, (also Deïanira, Deianeira or Dejanira), is a figure in Greek mythology whose name translates as "man-destroyer" or "destroyer of her husband". The name Deianira refers to two separate characters in Greek mythology. The better-known Deianira was a wife of Heracles and, in late Classical accounts, his unwitting murderer, killing him with the poisoned Shirt of Nessus. She is the main character in Sophocles' play Women of Trachis. The less well-known Deianira was an Amazon, killed by Heracles during his quest for the girdle of Hippolyta. [wiki]