![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like the third wife Deianira, who in mythology was the one who killed Hercules, Megara inadvertently almost causes Hercules' death several times in the film: the first being when she told him about the Hydra, the second when Hades uses Megara to make Hercules give up his strength and the third being when Hercules almost dies in the River of Souls while trying to rescue Meg's soul. Like Hercules' second wife, Omphale, in the animated TV series it's revealed that Megara once hired Hercules to help her (whereas Omphale actually owned him) and began to develop romantic feelings for him, and in the film (like Omphale) Megara is Hercules' love interest during the 12 Labours, Megara's sense of independence also links her to Omphale. She shares her name with Hercules' first wife, the daughter of King Creon, Princess Megara (who was killed when Hera cursed Hercules), and like Princess Megara, Megara dies, although unlike her namesake. Megara is essentially a merge between all four of Hercules' wives in the mythology. ![]()
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