Metaneira/Definition

From Greek mythology, the mother of Domophoon who unwittingly hired the goddess Demeter to be the nanny for her baby boy; conflict about the upraising brought about the death of the cherished baby boy. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.