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Maera

American  
[meer-uh] / ˈmɪər ə /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.


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They married in 1954, but it wasn’t until 1963 that the conjoined career of Stiller and Maera took off, with an appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

I also saw Maera and Clymene and hateful Eriphyle, who sold her own husband for gold.

From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel

Similarly Procyon became Maera, the dog of Icarius, when Bo�tes became Icarius, and Virgo his daughter Erigone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

There were also Clymene, Ianeira and Ianassa, Maera, Oreithuia and Amatheia of the lovely locks, with other Nereids who dwell in the depths of the sea.

From The Iliad by Homer

Phaedra was there, and Procris, and Ariadne, mournful for Theseus's desertion, and Maera, and Clymene, and Eryphile, who preferred gold before wedlock faith.

From The Adventures of Ulysses by Lamb, Charles