Ianeira or Ianira (; ) or JaniraHyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero) 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.Hesiod, Theogony 356 According to the Homeric Hymn, she one of the "deep-bosomed daughters of Oceanus" gathering flowers with Persephone when she was abducted by Hades.Homeric Hymn to Demeter 2.5 & 2.421 Ianeira, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Homer, Iliad 18.35; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface 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.Homer, Iliad 18.39-51 Ianeira, possible spouse of Capaneus.Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.46
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