Mæra

Family: Greek mythology · Role: daughter of Atlas · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 12

In Book 8, Chapter 12, Mæra is described as the daughter of Atlas, with a tradition placing her burial at Tegea rather than Mantinea. By Book 8, Chapter 48, she is identified as the wife of Tegeates and as a daughter of Atlas mentioned by Homer in Odysseus’ account of his journey to Hades.

In Book 10, Chapter 30, another account says Mæra was the daughter of Prœtus and “died a virgin.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Mæra died a virgin.(Book 10 · Chapter 30)
  • “in The Return from Ilium she is said to have died a virgin”

Book 8 · Chapter 12

• parent: Atlas “for the most probable tradition is that Mæra, the daughter of Atlas, was buried at Tegea and not at Mantinea.”

Book 8 · Chapter 48

• married with Tegeates “Mæra the wife of Tegeates”
• parent: Atlas “Mæra the wife of Tegeates, who they say was the daughter of Atlas”
• with Homer (Homer mentions Mæra.) “Mæra the wife of Tegeates, who they say was the daughter of Atlas, and is mentioned by Homer in Odysseus’ account to Alcinous of his journey to Hades and the souls he saw there.”

Book 10 · Chapter 30

• parent: Prœtus “in The Return from Ilium she is said to have died a virgin, and to have been the daughter of Prœtus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.