Ianeira
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Ianeira or Ianira (/ˌaɪ.əˈnaɪərə/; Ancient Greek: Ἰάνειρά means 'lady of the Ionians'[1]) or Janira[2] was a name attributed to three characters in Greek mythology.
- Ianeira, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.[1][3] According to the Homeric Hymn, she one of the "deep-bosomed daughters of Oceanus" gathering flowers with Persephone when she was abducted by Hades.[4]
- Ianeira, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1][5] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.[6]
- Ianeira, possible spouse of Capaneus.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 356
- ^ Homeric Hymn to Demeter 2.5 & 2.421
- ^ Homer, Iliad 18.35; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ^ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.46
References
- Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2), in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87220-821-6.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.