Galaxy/The codex of Ianeira

Ianeira or Ianira (Ancient Greek: Ἰάνειρα, "lady of the Ionians") is, in this atlas entry, the Nereid daughter of Nereus and Doris who joins Thetis' mourning sisters in the Iliad. The same name also belongs to an Oceanid companion of Persephone and, in a scholion, a possible spouse of Capaneus.

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I.Nereid of the deep

Homer (Iliad 18), Apollodorus (Bibliotheca 1.2.7), and Hyginus list Ianeira among the fifty Nereids. She appears with her sisters when Thetis cries out for Achilles after Patroclus falls. The atlas id ianeira carries kinds nereid and marks that Homeric sea-sister.

II.Homonyms

Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter also know an Oceanid Ianeira among the flower-gathering companions of Persephone — a distinct genealogical role (Oceanus and Tethys, not Nereus and Doris). A scholion on Pindar names an Ianeira as possible spouse of Capaneus. Neither is this atlas node.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameIaneira (Ἰάνειρα)
Roman nameIaneira
Typenymph
DomainsNereid of the deep · daughter of Nereus · Thetis' mourning sisters
ParentageNereus · Doris
Cult centersSea (Nereid)
EtymologyAncient Greek Ἰάνειρα, glossed "lady of the Ionians."
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