Neaera or Neaira can refer to:
- Neaera (band), a German death metal band. Neaera is a Melodic death metal / Metalcore band from Münster, Germany, currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics
- Neaira (hetaera), referred in the speech Against Neaera (c. Neaira (pronounced "neh-EYE-ruh" (Νέαιρα) was a Hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in Ancient Greece; there is no reliable data about the exact 340 BCE) attributed to the Athenian orator Demosthenes.
- Neaera (bivalve), a genus of mollusc.
- In Greek mythology
- The wife of Strymon and mother of Evadne. Strymon redirects here For the Strymon Gulf see Strymonian Gulf. In Greek mythology, Evadne ( Greek: Εὐάδνη was a name attributed to two individuals
- One of the Niobids. Niobe (Νιόβη was the daughter of the semi-legendary ruler Tantalus, called the " Phrygian " and sometimes even as "King of Phrygia
- A nymph, mother of Lampetia and Phaethusa. In Greek mythology, Lampetia (Λαμπετίη or Λαμπετία ( English translation: "shining" was the daughter of Helios and Neaera This article is about the Greek Goddess for the bird genus see Large-billed Tern.
- Daughter of Proteus and wife of Aleus, king of Arcadia. In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς is an early sea-god one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" whose name suggests the In Greek mythology, Auge (ˈɔːdʒiː a daughter of Aleus and Neaera and priestess of Athena Alea at Tegea, bore the hero Arcadia or Arkadía ( Greek Αρκαδία is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus.
- Daughter of Hermus and mother of Dresaius by Theiodamas. In Greek mythology Hermus (Ἕρμος is the god of the river Hermus (modern Gediz river) located in Aegean region of Lydia (modern Turkey
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