Maera (mythology)

Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Maera or Maira (Ancient Greek: Μαῖρα means "the sparkler") may refer to the following personages:

Humans

* Maera or Mera,[1] one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[2] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.[3]
* Maera, daughter of Atlas and ancestor of the below Maera.[4] She was the mother by Tegeates, of Leimon, Scephrus, Archedius, Gortys, and Cydon.[5]
* Maera, descendant of the above Maera.[6]
* Maera, daughter of Proetus, son of Thersander, son of Sisyphus, was still a maid when she died.[7] Otherwise, she was the mother of Locrus by Zeus.[8] In some accounts, Locrus' mother was Megaclite, daughter of Macareus.[9] Maera's shade appeared to Odysseus when the hero visited the underworld.[10]
* Maera, one of the Erasinides, Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Erasinus. She and her sisters, Anchiroe, Byze and Melite, received Britomartis.[11]
* Maera, priestess of Aphrodite, and mother of two sons killed by Tydeus during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.[12]

Animal

* Maera, name of Hecabe when she was changed into the black bitch of Hecate to spread terror among the Thracians with her howling.[13]
* Maera, hound of Erigone.[14]

## Notes

1. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
2. ↑ Homer, Iliad 18.48
3. ↑ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
4. ↑ Pausanias, 8.12.7
5. ↑ Pausanias, 8.48.6 & 8.53.2-4
6. ↑ Pausanias, 8.12.7
7. ↑ Pausanias, 10.30.5
8. ↑ Eustathius ad Homer, p. 1688
9. ↑ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
10. ↑ Homer, Odyssey 11.326
11. ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, 40
12. ↑ Statius, Thebaid 8.477
13. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.399-428
14. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.14.7

## References

* Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN:978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN:978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN:0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

## Further reading

* Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
* Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
* Völcker, K. H. W. (1824). Die Mythologie Des Japetischen Geschlechtes, p. 114.

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