Neaera Explained

Neaera, Neæra, or Neaira are different transliterations of an Ancient Greek name Νέαιρα. They may refer to:

Ancient Greek feminine name

• Neaera (Greek mythology), a name of figures in Greek mythology
• Neaera (wife of Hypsicreon), a figure in Greek legendary history
• Neaira (hetaera), a prostitute in the 4th century BC
• Neaera, the woman to whom Lygdamus 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 genus invalidly established by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854; now synonym of Latoia
• Neaera, a plant genus from the amaryllis family 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, a true bug genus established by Linnavuori 1973
• Neaera media, a species of moth synonymous with Parasa lepida

Other uses

• Neaera (band), a German Melodic Death Metal band
• Neaera Duncan, a character in Russell Hoban's novel Turtle Diary