NEAERA (Neaira) - Lydian Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology (original) (raw)

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Translation

Newly-Risen (neos, aeirô)

NEAIRA (Neaera) was a Naiad-nymph of Mount Sipylos in Lydia (western Anatolia). She was the mother of Dresaios (Dresaeus), a Lydian ally of the Trojans in their war with the Greeks.

PARENTS

Perhaps a daughter of the River HERMOS

OFFSPRING

DRESAIOS (by Theiodamas) (Quintus Smyrnaeus 1.290)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1. 290 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) :
"[In the Trojan War the Greek warrior] Polypoites (Polypoetes), dear to Ares, slew Dresaios (Dresaeus), whom the Nymphe Neaira (Neaera) bare to passing-wise Theiodamas for these spread was the bed of love beside the foot of Sipylos the Mountain."

SOURCES

GREEK

• Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy - Greek Epic C4th A.D.

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