Neaera
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Neaera, Neæra, or Neaira are different transliteration
s of an Ancient Greek
name (Νέαιρα). They may refer to:
Transliteration
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s of an Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
name (Νέαιρα). They may refer to:
Characters in Ancient Greek mythology and history
- Neaira (hetaera)Neaira (hetaera)Neaira, or Neaera, was a hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece; there is no reliable data about the exact dates of her birth and death...
, a prostitute in the 4th century BC - Neaera, wife of Strymon and mother of EvadneEvadneIn Greek mythology, Evadne was a name attributed to the following individuals:#A daughter of Poseidon and Pitane who was brought up by Aepytus of Arcadia and became the mother of Iamus by Apollo. She was ashamed of her pregnancy and exposed the child to the elements...
- Neaera, one of the NiobidsNiobidsIn Greek mythology, the Niobids were the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of Phrygia, had boastfully compared the greater number of her own offspring with those of Leto, Apollo's and Artemis' mother: a classic example of...
- Neaera, a nymph whose children with HeliosHeliosHelios was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...
were LampetiaLampetiaIn Greek mythology, Lampetia was the daughter of Helios and Neaera; she was the personification of light. With her sister, Phaethusa, she guarded the cattle of Thrinacia. She told her father when Odysseus' men slaughtered some of his cattle which were ageless and deathless, like a forbidden fruit...
and PhaethusaPhaethusaIn Greek mythology, Phaethusa , or Phaëtusa was a daughter of Helios and Neaera, the personification of the brilliant, blinding rays of the sun. With her sister, Lampetia, she guarded the cattle of Thrinacia.... - Neaera, daughter of ProteusProteusIn Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea", whose name suggests the "first" , as protogonos is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς)...
and wife of AleusAleusAleus was in Greek mythology a son of Apheidas, and grandson of Arcas. He was king of Tegea in Arcadia, and married to Neaera or Cleobule, and is said to have founded the town of Alea and the first temple of Athena Alea at Tegea. He had a son, Lycurgus, and two daughters, Auge and Alcidice. He...
or AutolycusAutolycusIn Greek mythology, Autolycus was a son of Hermes and Chione. He was the husband of Neaera, or according to Homer, of Amphithea... - Neaera, nymph of Mount Sipylus in Lydia, whose son with Theiodamas was Dresaius
- Neaera, a Nereid, one of the possible spouses of AeetesAeëtesIn Greek mythology, Aeëtes , , , was a King of Colchis , son of the sun-god Helios and the Oceanid Perseis , brother of Circe and Pasiphae, and father of Medea, Chalciope and Apsyrtus...
Genera
- Neaera (fly), tachinid fly genus established by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830
- Neaera, bivalve genus invalidly established by Griffith & Pidgeon in 1834; now Cuspidaria
- Neaera, slug moth genus invalidly established by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854; now synonym of Latoia
- Neaera, plant genus from the amaryllis family established by Salisbury in 1866; now synonym of Clinanthus
- Neaera, ethmiid mothEthmiidaeEthmiidae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.-Genera:...
genus invalidly established by Chambers in 1880; now synonym of ElachistaElachistaElachista is a genus of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus of the grass-miner moth family . This family is sometimes circumscribed very loosely, including for example the Agonoxenidae and Ethmiidae which seem to be quite distinct among the Gelechioidea, as well as other lineages which are... - Neaira (bug), true bug genus established by Linnavuori 1973
Other
- Neaera (band)Neaera (band)Neaera is a melodic death metal band from Münster, Germany, currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Recently, they have completed their fifth album, Forging the Eclipse, which was released on October 22/25, 2010 in Europe and on October 26, 2010 for the rest of the world.-Musical style:Tobias Buck...
, a German Melodic Death Metal band.