Neda (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Neda (Ancient Greek: Νέδαν or Νέδα) was a Messenian^[1] or Arcadian nymph^[2] and one of the nurses of the child Zeus.

Mythology

In the Messenian account, Neda, together with another nymph Ithome, brought up and bathed the infant Zeus after he was stolen by the Curetes owing to the danger that threatened from his father. These nymphs gave their name to the river Neda and mountain Ithome.^[1]

Meanwhile, the Arcadian version claimed that Neda, Anthracia, Hagno, Anchirhoe and Myrtoessa were the nurturers of the king of the gods. Neda was depicted to carry the infant god.^[2]

Note

^ ^a ^b Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.33.1
^ ^a ^b Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.31.4

References

Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[:0-1] Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.33.1

[:1-2] Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.31.4

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