Glycera, Glyceria (Ancient Greek: Γλυκέρα, Γλυκερία) ("the sweet one") - female name of Greek origin:
Ancient Greece
- Glycera (courtesan) - popular name often used for Hellenistic hetaerae, held by:
- The daughter of Thalassis and the mistress of Harpalus and Menander. (Athen. xiii. pp. 586, 595, 605, &c.)
- The mistress of Pausias, born in Sicyon.
- A favourite of Horace. (Hor. Carm. i. 19. 30. iii. 19.29.)
- Nominally, Alcibiades's sexual partner in Caracci's engravings for I Modi.
Orthodox Christianity
- Saint Glyceria of Heraclea (2nd century)
- Saint Glyceria of Novgorod (d. circa 1522) - Russian saint (ru)
Other
- Glyceria, Lukeria (Гликерия, Лукерья) - popular Russian name before 1917
- Glykeria (b. 1953) - Greek singer
See also
- Glycera (disambiguation)
- Glyceria, a genus of grasses
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