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NEAIRA
 

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Neaira
Neaira
Neaera
Newly-Risen,
Freshly-Risen
(neos, aeirô, airô)

NEAIRA (or Neaera) was a Naiad Nymph of Mount Sipylos in Lydia (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)

"[The Greek warrior] Polypoites, dear to Ares, slew Dresaios [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." - Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1.290


Sources:

  • Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy - Greek Epic C4th AD