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- Naiads - Mythopedia
The Naiad Cleocharia, for example, was the wife of Lelex, the first king of Laconia The Naiad Batia married Oebalus, another king of Laconia; she is sometimes said to have given birth to Hipocoon, Icarius, and Tyndareus (the latter of whom went on to father Helen of Troy , Clytemnestra , and the twins Castor and Polydeuces )
- Nymphs – Mythopedia
Naiad, Greek Ναϊάς, translit Naïás) or, occasionally, “Naiad nymphs ” Etymologically, this term seems to come from the Greek verb νάω (náō), meaning “to flow ” Most of the time, Naiads were freshwater nymphs who inhabited the rivers, lakes, springs, and fountains of the earth
- Daphne - Mythopedia
Daphne was a virginal nymph, the daughter of a Greek river god In her most famous myth, she was desired by the Olympian god Apollo and was only able to escape his advances by transforming into a laurel tree
- Scylla - Mythopedia
Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary sea creatures or sailors who passed too close
- Centaurs - Mythopedia
One was born to the Naiad daughters of the River Lamus These Naiads had made the mistake of nursing Zeus’ bastard son Dionysus, thus incurring the wrath of Zeus’ wife Hera Hera transformed the daughters of Lamus into creatures with cow horns, shaggy hair, and tails (a kind of cross between a Centaur and a satyr or silen)
- Pan – Mythopedia
Pan was the infamous god of shepherds and goatherds who hailed from Arcadia He was part-human and part-goat, and his days in the woods and countryside were spent singing, dancing, hunting, chasing nymphs, and playing his reed pipes
- Penelope – Mythopedia
Her mother was either a Naiad named Periboea, Ortilochus’ daughter Dorodoche, Eurypylus’ daughter Asterodia, or Lygaeus’ daughter Polycasta [10] Penelope had multiple siblings, though their names and even their number vary across different sources
- Oreads - Mythopedia
Naiad by Antonio Canova (1815 1817–1820 1823) National Gallery of Art (US) Public Domain The Oreads represented one of the main categories of nymphs, alongside the Naiads (water nymphs associated with springs) However, “Oread” was a very loose classification within the Greek taxonomy of nymphs
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