Neaera, Neæra, or Neaira are different

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s of an

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

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 ...

, a name of figures in Greek mythology *

Neaera (wife of Hypsicreon) Neaera (; grc-gre, Νέαιρα), also Neaira (), is the main figure in an episode of Greek legendary history recorded by Parthenius of Nicaea, which runs as follows. Neaera was the wife of a Milesian man, Hypsicreon. When Promedon of Naxos, a ve ...

, a figure in Greek legendary history *

Neaira (hetaera) Neaira (; grc-gre, Νέαιρα), 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 dau ...

, a prostitute in the 4th century BC * Neaera, the woman to whom

Lygdamus Lygdamus was a Roman poet who wrote in Classical Latin. Six of his elegies, addressed to a girl named Neaera, are preserved in the ''Appendix Tibulliana'' alongside the apocryphal works of Tibullus. He belonged to the literary circle around Marcus ...

addressed his poems (1st century BC); also the object of affection in the ''Basia'' ('Kisses') of Johannes Secundus (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 cal ...

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 fami ...

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 The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in ...

'', a

true bug Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 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 around ...

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, Vietn ...

Other uses

* Neaera (band), a German Melodic Death 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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