What is "neaera"

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

Neaera is a death metal band from Münster, Germany, currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Recently, they have completed their sixth album, Ours is the Storm, which was released on March 1, 2013 in Europe and on March 5, 2013 in the United States.

Neaera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

Neaera , also Neaira , is the name of multiple female characters in Greek mythology:

• Neaera, a nymph of Mount Sipylus in Lydia, mother of Dresaeus by Theiodamas.
• Neaera, mother of Evadne by Strymon.
• Neaera, an Oceanid nymph of Thrinacia, mother of Lampetia and Phaethusa by Helios
• Neaera, a daughter of Pereus, mother of Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus by Aleus. In another version she married Autolycus.

• Neaera, a daughter of Autolycus, mother of Hippothous, eventually killed herself after hearing of the death of her son.
• Neaera, a Nereid and possibly the mother of Absyrtus by Aeetes.
• Neaera, one of the Niobids.
• Neaera of Lemnos, a friend of Eurynome in whose guise Pheme came to warn Eurynome of her husband's infidelity.
• Neaera, a lover of Xanthus ( Scamander).
• Neaera, possibly the mother of Triptolemus by Celeus.