Maera or Maira () was a town in

ancient Arcadia Arcadia (; ) is a region in the central Peloponnese, Greece. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan (god), Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia (utopia), Ar ...

.There was a tradition that indicated that there was the tomb of Meara, daughter or descendant of

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, according to

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, though a different tradition said that Maera, the daughter of Atlas, had been buried in

Tegea Tegea (; ) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area o ...

. Pausanias places Maera on one of the roads between

Mantineia Mantinea (; ''Mantineia''; also Koine Greek ''Antigoneia'') was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, which was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history. In modern times it is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, ...

and Orchomenus, and indicates that its ruins were thirty stadia from the ruins of Ptolis, which was the original site where Mantineia had been built.

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