| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Νεαιρα |
Neaira |
Neaera |
Newly-Risen
(neos, aeirô, airô) |
NEAIRA (or Neaera) was a Naiad Nymph of Mount Sipylos in Lydia (western Anatolia). She was the mother of Dresaios, an 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) |
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1. 290 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) :
"[The Greek warrior] Polypoites (Polypoetes), dear to Ares, slew Dresaios (Dresaeus) [in the Trojan War], whom the Nymphe Neaira bare to passing-wise Theiodamas for these spread was the bed of love beside the foot of Sipylos the Mountain."
Sources:
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy - Greek Epic C4th AD
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