Neaera, Neæra, or Neaira are different
transliteration
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s of an
Ancient Greek
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name Νέαιρα. They may refer to:
Ancient Greek feminine name
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Neaera (Greek mythology)
Neaera (; Ancient Greek: Νέαιρα), also Neaira (), is the name of multiple female characters in Greek mythology:
* Neaera, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.
*Neaera or Neera, ...
, a name of figures in Greek mythology
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Neaera (wife of Hypsicreon), a figure in Greek legendary history
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Neaira (hetaera)
Neaira (; ), also Neaera (), was a hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece. She was brought to trial between 343 and 340 BC, accused of marrying an Athenian citizen illegally and misrepresenting her daughter as an Athenian ...
, a prostitute in the 4th century BC
* Neaera, the woman to whom
Lygdamus
Lygdamus (probably a pseudonym) was a Roman poet who wrote six love poems in Classical Latin. His elegies, five of them concerning a girl named Neaera, are preserved in the ''Appendix Tibulliana'' alongside the apocryphal works of Tibullus. In poe ...
addressed his poems (1st century BC); also the object of affection in the ''Basia'' ('Kisses') of
Johannes Secundus
Johannes Secundus (also Janus Secundus) (15 November 1510 – 25 September 1536) was a Neo-Latin poet of Netherlands, Dutch nationality.
Early life and education
Born Jan Everaerts in The Hague, his father Nicolaes Everaerts was a well k ...
(1541)
Genera
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''Neaera'' (fly), a tachinid fly genus established by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830
* ''Neaera'', a bivalve genus invalidly established by Griffith & Pidgeon in 1834; now ''
Cuspidaria''
* ''Neaera'', a
slug moth genus invalidly established by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854; now synonym of ''Latoia''
* ''Neaera'', a plant genus from the
amaryllis family established by Salisbury in 1866; now synonym of ''Clinanthus''
* ''Neaera'', an
ethmiid moth genus invalidly established by Chambers in 1880; now synonym of ''Elachista''
* ''
Neaira'', a
true bug
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genus established by Linnavuori 1973
* ''Neaera media'', a species of moth synonymous with ''
Parasa lepida''
Other uses
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Neaera (band)
Neaera is a German heavy metal band from Münster. The band was active from 2003 before breaking up in 2015. The band have released eight studio albums.
Musical style
Tobias Buck started Neaera to change the musical influence of the style h ...
, a German metal band
* Neaera Duncan, a character in Russell Hoban's novel ''
Turtle Diary''
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Greek feminine given names