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Neaera (Greek mythology)

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Neaera (/nɪˈɪərə/; Greek: Νέαιρα), also Neaira (/nɪˈrə/), is the name of multiple female characters in Greek mythology:

  • Neaera, a nymph of Mount Sipylus in Lydia, mother of Dresaeus by Theiodamas.
  • Neaera, mother of Evadne by Strymon.
  • Neaera, a nymph of Thrinacia, mother of Lampetia and Phaethusa by Helios.
  • Neaera, a daughter of Pereus, mother of Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus by Aleus. In another version she married Autolycus.
  • Neaera, a daughter of Autolycus, mother of Hippothous, eventually killed herself after hearing of the death of her son.
  • Neaera, a Nereid and possibly the mother of Absyrtus by Aeetes.
  • Neaera, one of the Niobids.
  • Neaera of Lemnos, a friend of Eurynome in whose guise Pheme came to warn Eurynome of her husband's infidelity.
  • Neaera, a lover of Xanthus (Scamander).
  • Neaera, possibly the mother of Triptolemus by Celeus.
  • Neaera, an Oceanid.
  • References

    Neaera (Greek mythology) Wikipedia