Neæra

, a nymph, mother of Phaetusa and Lampetia by the Sun. Homer , Ody ey , bk. 12 .――A woman mentioned by Virgil’s Eclogues , poem 3.――A mistre of the poet Tibullus.――A favourite of Horace.――A daughter of Pereus, who married Aleus, by whom she had Cepheus, Lycurgus, and Auge, who was ravished by Hercules. Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 9 .— Pausanias , bk. 8 , ch. 4 .――The wife of Autolycus. Pausanias. ――A daughter of Niobe and Amphion.――The wife of Strymon. Apollo dor us.