Oread
Greek deities series |
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Nymphs |
In Greek mythology, an Oread (/ˈɔːriˌæd,
The term itself appears to be Hellenistic, first attested in Bion of Smyrna's Αδὠνιδος Επιτἀφιος and thus post-Classical.[1]
List of Oreads
The number of Oreads includes but is not limited to:
Name | Location | Relations and Notes |
---|---|---|
Britomartis | ||
Chelone | changed by Hermes into a tortoise | |
Claea | Mount Calathion, Messenia | [2] |
Cyllene or Kyllene | Mount Cyllene | [3] |
Daphnis | Mount Parnassos | [4] |
Echo | Mount Cithaeron | loved Narcissus[5] |
Eidothea | ||
The Idaeae | Mount Ida, Crete | [6][7] |
• Adrasteia | ||
• Cynosura | ||
• Helike | ||
• Ida | ||
Nomia | Mount Nomia, Arcadia | a friend of Callisto[8] |
Oenone | ||
Othreis | Mount Othrys, Malis | [9] |
Penelope | ||
Phigalia | ||
Pitys | [10] | |
Sinoe | Mount Sinoe, Arcadia | [11] |
Sose | ||
The Sphragitides or Cithaeronides | Mount Cithaeron | [12][13] |
References
- ↑ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon s.v. text at Perseus project
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 3.26.11
- ↑ Bibliotheca 3.8.1
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.5.5
- ↑ Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 970
- ↑ Bibliotheca 1.4.5
- ↑ Hyginus, Astronomica, 2.2
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.38.0
- ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 13
- ↑ Propertius, Elegies 1. 18
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.30.2
- ↑ Plutarch, Life of Aristides 11. 3
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.3.9
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