Maera (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Maera or Maira (Ancient Greek: Μαῖρα means "the sparkler") may refer to the following personages:
Humans
- Maera or Mera,
- 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
- 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
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
- ^ Homer, Iliad 18.48
- ^ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
- ^ Pausanias, 8.12.7
- ^ Pausanias, 8.48.6 & 8.53.2-4
- ^ Pausanias, 8.12.7
- ^ Pausanias, 10.30.5
- ^ Eustathius ad Homer, p. 1688
- Recognitions10.21
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 11.326
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 40
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 8.477
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.399-428
- ^ 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, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- 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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