Maera

In Greek mythology, Maera or Maira (Ancient Greek: Μαῖρα means "the sparkler") may refer to the following personages:

Humans

Maera (Nereid)
Maera (Daughter of Atlas).
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 (Daughter of Erasinus)
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, Graeciae Descriptio 8.12.7
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.48.6 & 8.53.2-4
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.12.7
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.30.5
Eustathius ad Homer, p. 1688
Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
Homer, Odyssey 11.326
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40
Statius, Thebaid 8.477
Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.399-428

Apollodorus, 3.14.7

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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, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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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.
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