Oread
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In Greek mythology, an Oread /ˈɔːriˌæd/ or /ˈɔːri.əd/ (Ancient Greek: Ὀρεάδες, Oreades, from ὄρος, "mountain") or Orestiad /ɔːˈrɛstiˌæd/ or /ɔːˈrɛsti.əd/ (Όρεστιάδες, Orestiades) was a type of nymph that lived in mountains, valleys, and 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 mountains and rocky precipices.
Oreads[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.30.2
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Aristides 11. 3
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.3.9