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Ianeira or Ianira (/ˌ.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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  2. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
  3. Hesiod, Theogony 356
  4. Homeric Hymn to Demeter 2.5 & 2.421
  5. Homer, Iliad 18.35; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  6. Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
  7. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.46

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