Neaira
Neaira (Greek Νέαιρα , Latin Neaera ) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:
- Neaira (mistress of Helios) , mother of the cattle herders who looked after their father's herds of cattle on Thrinakie
- Neaira (mistress of Strymon) , mother of Argos wife Euadne
- Neaira (daughter of Pereus) , wife of Aleos , mother of the eyes , of Cepheus and of Lycurgus
- Neaira (daughter of Nereus) and wife of Aeetes , also known as Idyia with which they the Apsyrtos had
- Neaira (daughter of Amphion) and daughter of Niobe
- Neaira (daughter of Oceanus) and daughter of Tethys , also known as Perse
- Neaira (wife of Keleos) , mother of Triptolemos
- Neaira (wife of Theiodamas) , mother of Dresaios who fought before Troy
- Neaira (beloved of Scamander) , the Trojan river god (Ovid Amores 3, 6, 28)
Other bearers of the name:
- Neaira (hetaera) , a Greek hetaera who became known through the speech Against Neaira (c. 340 BC) by Apollodorus
- Neaera, fictional person in poems of Horace (carm. 3,14,21; epod. 15,11)
Also:
- Neaera (band) , a German melodic death metal band
