Oread
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- For a Hilda Doolittle poem, see Oread (poem). For a lake in Greece, see Lake Orestiada. For a city in Greece, see Orestiada.
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In Greek mythology, an Oread or Orestiad (Ὀρεάδες / Όρεστιάδες from ὄρος, "mountain") was a type of nymph that lived in mountains, valleys, ravines. They differ from each other according to their dwelling: the Idaeae were from Mount Ida, Peliades from Mount Pelion, etc. They were associated with Artemis, since the goddess, when she went out hunting, preferred mounts and rocky precipices.
[edit] Oreads
The number of Oreads includes but is not limited to:
- Britomartis
- Claea (Mount Calathion, Messenia)[1]
- Cyllene or Kyllene (Mount Cyllene)[2]
- Daphnis (Mount Parnassos)[3]
- Echo (Mount Cithaeron)[4]
- The Idaeae (Mount Ida, Crete)[5][6]:
- Nomia (Mount Nomia, Arcadia)[7]
- Othreis (Mount Othrys, Malis)[8]
- Sinoe (Mount Sinoe, Arcadia)[9]
- The Sphragitides [10] or Cithaeronides (Mount Cithaeron)[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 26. 11
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 8. 1
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. 5. 5
- ^ Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 970
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1.4.5
- ^ Hyginus, Astronomica, 2. 2
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 38. 10
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 13
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 30. 2
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Aristides 11. 3
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 3. 9
