Neaera, Neæra, or Neaira are different

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s of an

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name Νέαιρα. They may refer to:

Ancient Greek feminine name

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 * Neaera (wife of Hypsicreon), a figure in Greek legendary history *

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

* ''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 The Limacodidae or Eucleidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea;Scoble, M.J. (1992). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity.'' Oxford University Press. the placement is in dispute. They are often call ...

genus invalidly established by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854; now synonym of ''Latoia'' * ''Neaera'', a plant genus from the

amaryllis family The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fam ...

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 ''Neaira'' is a monotypic genus of African bugs in the tribe Mictini The MictiniAmyot, Serville (1843) ''Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hémiptères'' xxxi, 187. are a tribe of leaf-footed bugs, in the subfamily Coreinae erected by Amyot ...

'', a

true bug Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to a ...

genus established by Linnavuori 1973 * ''Neaera media'', a species of moth synonymous with ''

Parasa lepida ''Parasa lepida'', the nettle caterpillar or blue-striped nettle grub, is a moth of the family Limacodidae that was described by Pieter Cramer in 1799. It is a native minor pest found in the Indo-Malayan region, including India, Sri Lanka, Vietna ...

Other uses

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 ''Turtle Diary'' is a 1985 British film directed by John Irvin and starring Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Gambon. Based on a screenplay adapted by Harold Pinter from Russell Hoban's novel '' Turtle Diary'', the film is about "peop ...

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