Crinaeae
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In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae (Κρηναῖαι) were a type of Naiad nymphs associated with fountains or wells.
The number of Crinaeae includes but is not limited to[1]:
- Aganippe[2][3][4]
- Appias (Roman mythology)[5]
- Myrtoessa (one of the nurses of infant Zeus, dwelled in a well in Arcadia)[6][7]
- The Sithnides (a group of nymphs associated witn a fountain in Megara)[8]
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- ^ Theoi Project - List of Nymphs and types of Nymphs
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 29. § 3
- ^ Virgil, Eclogae 10. 12.
- ^ Theoi Project - Aganippe
- ^ Ovid, Remedia Amoris, 659; Ars Amatoria, 1. 81., 3. 451
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.31.4
- ^ Theoi Project - Myrtoessa
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.40.1
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