Neaira (mistress of Helios)

Neaira ( Greek  Νέαιρα , from νέος , the boy, the freshness) is a nymph and lover of Helios in Greek mythology , with whom she had the nymphs Lampetia and Phaëtusa as children . She sent her children to Thrinakia to tend and graze the 350 sheep and cattle of Helios. Presumably she was a daughter of Oceanus .

Following a different tradition, however, Rhode was the mother of the two nymphs Lampetie and Phaëtusa.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Neaira 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 43 ( digitized version ).
• Hans von Geisau : Neaira 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Col. 28.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homer , Odyssey 12, 133.
2. ^ Hesychios of Alexandria sv Neaira.
3. ↑ Scholion to Homer, Odyssey 17, 208.