Maira (daughter of Proitos)
Maira ( Greek Μαῖρα ), daughter of Proitos and Anteia and thus great-granddaughter of Sisyphus , is a figure in Greek mythology .
As the companion of the hunting goddess Artemis , Maira had to vow to remain a virgin. From Zeus , however, she became the mother of Lokros , whereupon Artemis killed her. In another version of the legend, Maira died a virgin.
Polygnot depicted Maira in his famous picture of Nekyia - the descent of Odysseus into the underworld - in the Lesche der Knidier in Delphi . There she was sitting on a rock next to Aktaion , who like her had been killed by Artemis.
Remarks
- ↑ Homer , Odyssey 11, 326; Pherecydes in the Scholion at Homer, Odyssey 325; Eustathios , Commentary on Homer's Iliad 1688, 62; Hesych sv
- ↑ Scholion to Homer, Odyssey 326.
- ^ Pausanias 10:30 , 5.
literature
- Adolf Schirmer : Maira 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 2285 ( digitized version ).