Neaera

Nĕaera, ae, f., = Νέαιρα,

• a female proper name.
• • • 1 The mistress of Lygdamus, Tib. 3, 1, 6; 23 et saep.—
    • 2 A mistress of Horace, Hor. C. 3, 14, 21; id. Epod. 15.—
    • 3 A mistress of the shepherd Aegon, Verg. E. 3, 3.—
    • 4 Iole, the mistress of Hercules, Prud. στεφ. 10, 240.—
    • 5 Ariadne, as the mistress of Bacchus, id. ap. Symm. 1, 139.

Neaera, ae, f. (Νέαιρα), weiblicher griech. Eigenname, ›die jugendlich Frische‹, Licin. com. 1. p. 35 R.²: namentlich der Geliebten des Lygdamus, Tibull. 3, 1, 6: der des Horaz, Hor. carm. 3, 14, 21: der des Hirten Ägon, Verg. ecl. 3, 3.

Nĕæra, (12) æ, f. (Νέαιρα), nom de femme : Virg. B. 3, 3 ; Tib. 3, 1, 6 ; Hor. O. 3, 14, 21.

Neaera

(Νέαιρα).

1. A nymph, who became by Helios the mother of Lampetia and Phaetusa. (Hom. Od. 12.133.)

Neaera

2. A daughter of Pereus, and the wife of Aleus, by whom she became the mother of Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus. (Apollod. 3.9.1; Paus. 8.4.3, who calls her the wife of Autolycus.)

Neaera

3. One of the daughters of Niobe. (Apollod. 3.5.3.)

Neaera

4. The wife of Strymon, and mother of Evadne. (Apollod. 2.2.)

Neaera

5. A nymph, who became by Zeus the mother of Aegle. (Verg. Ecl. 6.20; comp. [Aegle, No. 1].) [L.S]

Neaera

(Νέαιρα). The name of several nymphs and maidens mentioned by the poets.

Neaera Neaera, daughter of Amphion and Niobe

• Apollod. 3.5.5

Neaera(2), daughter of Pereus

• wife of Aleus: Apollod. 3.8.2
• daughter of Pereus, wife of Autolycus: Paus. 8.4.6

Neaera(3), wife of Strymon

• mother of Evadne: Apollod. 2.1.1