Metaneira/Definition

This article contains just a definition and optionally other subpages (such as a list of related articles), but no metadata. Create the metadata page if you want to expand this into a full article.

Metaneira [r]: From Greek mythology, the mother of Demophoon 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.