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Zeus

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:28:25 +0000

ZEUS (zoose or zyoose; Roman name Jupiter) was the supreme god of the Olympians. He was the father of the heroes Perseus and Heracles, the latter of whom once wrestled him to a draw.Zeus was the youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. When he was born, his father Cronus intended to swallow him as he had all of Zeus’s siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera. But Rhea hid the newborn in a cave on Mount Dicte in Crete. (To this day, the guides at the “cave of Zeus” use their flashlights to cast shadow puppets in the cave, creating images of baby Zeus from the myth.)When he had grown up, Zeus caused Cronus to vomit up his sisters and brothers, and these gods joined him in fighting to wrest control of the universe from the Titans and Cronus, their king. Having vanquished his father and the other Titans, Zeus imprisoned most of them in the underworld of Tartarus.

Then he and his brothers Poseidon and Hades divided up creation. Poseidon received the sea as his domain, Hades got the Underworld and Zeus took the sky. Zeus also was accorded supreme authority on earth and on Mount Olympus.

Hermes

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:16:48 +0000

HERMES (HUR-meez; Roman name Mercury) was the messenger of the gods and guide of dead souls to the Underworld. A prankster and inventive genius from birth, Hermes aided the heroes Odysseus and Perseus in their quests. Hermes was the son Zeus and a mountain nymph. As a newborn he was remarkably precocious. On his very first day of life, he found the empty shell of a tortoise and perceived its utility as a sounding chamber. Stringing sinews across it, he created the first lyre.

Hermes was known for his helpfulness to mankind, both in his capacity as immortal herald and on his own initiative. When Perseus set out to face the Gorgon Medusa, Hermes aided him in the quest. According to one version of the myth, he loaned the hero his own magic sandals, which conferred upon the wearer the ability to fly.

Some say that Hermes loaned Perseus a helmet of invisibility as well. Also known as the helmet of darkness, this was the same headgear that Hermes himself had worn when he vanquished the giant Hippolytus. This was on the occasion when the gargantuan sons of Earth rose up in revolt against the gods of Olympus.

Hermes’ symbol of office as divine messenger was his staff, or caduceus. This was originally a willow wand with entwined ribbons, traditional badge of the herald. But the ribbons were eventually depicted as snakes. To support this mythologically, a story evolved that Hermes used the caduceus to separate two fighting snakes which forthwith twined themselves together in peace.

It was Hermes’ job to convey dead souls to the Underworld. And as patron of travelers, he was often shown in a wide-brimmed sun hat of straw. Hermes was known to the Romans as Mercury. His most famous depiction, a statue by Bellini, shows him alight on one foot, wings at his heels, the snaky caduceus in hand and, on his head, a rather stylized combination helmet-of-darkness and sun hat.

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:14:22 +0000

HERA (HEE-ruh; Roman name Juno) was the goddess of marriage. Hera was the wife of Zeus and Queen of the Olympians. Hera hated the great hero Heracles since he was the son of her husband Zeus and a mortal woman. When he was still an infant, she sent snakes to attack him in his crib. Later she stirred up the Amazons against him when he was on one of his quests.

On the other hand, Hera aided the hero Jason, who would never have retrieved the Golden Fleece without her sponsorship.

In Greek mythology, Hera was the reigning female goddess of Olympus because she was Zeus’s wife. But her worship is actually far older than that of her husband. It goes back to a time when the creative force we call “God” was conceived of as a woman. The Goddess took many forms, among them that of a bird.

Hera was worshipped throughout Greece, and the oldest and most important temples were consecrated to her. Her subjugation to Zeus and depiction as a jealous shrew are mythological reflections of one of the most profound changes ever in human spirituality.

Tens of thousands of years ago, as the evidence of cave art and artifacts makes clear, humanity was focused on the female body, either pregnant or fit to bear children. Childbirth was the closest humans came to the great power that caused the earth to bring forth new life in the spring. To the extent that these distant ancestors of ours were evolved enough to think of worshipping this power, we may safely conclude that they thought of it as female.

Thousands of years later (and some five to nine thousand years before our own time), the European descendants of these people lived in large villages, with specialized crafts and religious institutions. It is clear from the artifacts they left behind that they worshipped a power (or a group of powers) that came in many forms–a bird, a snake, perhaps the earth itself. And this great power was female. For the human female has the ability to procreate–to bring forth new life.

It is said that it was only when humanity discovered man’s role in procreation that male gods began to be worshipped. There is no reason to doubt, though, that male gods were worshipped before the mystery of birth was fully known. In all probability the greatest powers were thought of as female but there were male deities as well. And it is clear that even after procreation was properly understood, the more peaceful Europeans–perhaps down to the “Minoans” of Crete–continued to worship the Great Mother.

And there were many peaceful Europeans. Many of the largest villages of that distant era were unfortified. The culture known as “Old European” did not fear aggression from its neighbors. But then things changed and a great period of violence began. Invaders swept into Europe from the vast central plains of Asia. They brought the Indo-European language family that today includes French, Italian, Spanish and English. They also brought a sky god, the supreme male deity that in Greek mythology became known as Zeus.

Little is known of these early Indo-Europeans, but the peaceful settlements of Old Europe were no match for them. In some places their new culture became supreme, in others there was merger. Hardier mountain folk resisted, though many were displaced from their strongholds, moved on and displaced others in a domino effect. The Dorian invasion of Mycenaean Greece can be seen as a result of this chain reaction.

The old order seems to have held out longest on Crete where, protected by the Aegean Sea from invasion by land, the high Minoan civilization survived until almost three thousand years ago. Abruptly, then, from the perspective of human existence, the gender of the greatest power changed from female to male. And many of the stories that form the basis of Greek mythology were first told in their present form not long after the shift.

Zeus’s many adulterous affairs may derive from ceremonies in which the new sky god “married” various local embodiments of the Great Goddess. That there was some insecurity on the part of the supplanter god and his worshippers is seen in the mythological birth of Athena from Zeus’s head–as if to say that the sky god could do anything any Great Goddess could do.

This Goddess continued to be worshipped in some form down into historical times. Her worship is sometimes dismissed as a “fertility cult”, largely because religious practices degenerated under new influences. But we may look for traces in the myths of the old order, in which Athena, whose name is pre-Greek, was the Goddess herself.

Under the influence of the Indo-Europeans, this bird goddess became the chief deity of war. Her earlier guise may be glimpsed in Athena’s symbol, the owl, which derives from the preceding thousands of years of sacred bird imagery.

Hephaesteus

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:13:36 +0000

HEPHAESTUS (he-FEE-stus or he-FESS-tus; Roman name Vulcan) was the lame god of fire and crafts or the two together, hence of blacksmiths. Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera or, in some accounts, of Hera alone. He limped because he was born lame, which caused his mother to throw him off Mount Olympus. Or in other accounts he interceded in a fight between Zeus and Hera, and Zeus took him by the foot and threw him from Olympus to the earth far below.Hephaestus accomplished numerous prodigies of craftsmanship, such as the marvelous palaces that he built for the gods atop Mount Olympus, or the armor that he made for Achilles during the siege of Troy (the description of which occupies a great many lines of Homer’s epic of the Trojan War).

Hephaestus also created the first woman, Pandora, at the command of Zeus, in retaliation for the various tricks by which the Titan Prometheus had benefited mortal men at the expense of the gods. Pandora was given to the Titan’s brother, Epimetheus, as his wife. For her dowry she brought a jar filled with evils from which she removed the lid, thereby afflicting men for the first time with hard work and sickness. Only hope remained inside the jar.

Artemis

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:12:50 +0000

ARTEMIS (AR-ti-mis; Roman name Diana) was the virgin goddess of the hunt. She helped women in childbirth but also brought sudden death with her arrows. Artemis and her brother Apollo were the children of Zeus and Leto. In some versions of their myth, Artemis was born first and helped her mother to deliver Apollo.

Niobe, queen of Thebes, once boasted that she was better than Leto because she had many children while the goddess had but two. Artemis and Apollo avenged this insult to their mother by killing all or most of Niobe’s children with their arrows. The weeping Niobe was transformed into stone, in which form she continued to weep.

When Apollo noticed that Artemis was spending a great deal of time hunting with the giant Orion, he decided to put an end to the relationship. He challenged Artemis to prove her skill at archery by shooting at an object floating far out at sea. Her shot was perfect. The target turned out to be the head of Orion.

Artemis is generally depicted as a young woman clad in buckskins, carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows. She is often accompanied by wild creatures such as a stag or she-bear.

Dionysus

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:11:48 +0000

DEMETER (dee-MEE-tur; Roman name Ceres) was the goddess of agriculture. Demeter as the sister of Zeus and the mother of Persephone. Persephone was gathering flowers in a meadow one day when a huge crack opened up in the earth and Hades, King of the Dead, emerged from the Underworld. He seized Persephone and carried her off in his chariot, back down to his his realm below, where she became his queen. Demeter was heartbroken. She wandered the length and breadth of the earth in search of her daughter, during which time the crops withered and it became perpetual winter.

At length Hades was persuaded to surrender Persephone for one half of every year, the spring and summer seasons when flowers bloom and the earth bears fruit once more. The half year that Persephone spends in the Underworld as Hades’ queen coincides with the barren season.

When depicted in art, Demeter is often shown carrying a sheaf of grain.

Demeter

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:11:00 +0000

When depicted in art, Demeter is often shown carrying a sheaf of grain.

Nymph 2

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:09:32 +0000

The Nymphs were minor nature goddesses. This is the second of two Nymph index pages.

“LADONIDES”, THE Naiades of the River Ladon in Arkadia, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

NEREID NYMPHE

LAMIDES, THE Naiades of the River Lamos in Kilikia, Anatolia (modern Turkey) or Boiotia in central Greece. They were nurses of the god Dionysos, and his first Bakkhante followers.

LAMPETIA (1) A Nymphe daughter of the sun-god Helios. She tended his sacred flocks of immortal sheep on the mythical island of Thrinakie.

LAMPETIA (2) One of the Nymphai Heliades who were transformed into an amber-weeping poplar trees.

LANGIA The Naias Nymphe of the springs of the town of Nemea in Argos, southern Greece.

LAOMEDEIA One of the fifty Nereides.

“LATINIAI” NAIADES, THE Naiades of the rivers, springs and fountains of Latium (the Roman kingdom) in central Italia.

LEAGORE One of the fifty Nereides.

LEIBETHRIDES, THE Naiades of the springs of Mounts Helikon and Librethrios in Boiotia, central Greece.

LELEGEIDES NYMPHAI, THE Naiades of the region of Lykia in Anatolia (modern Turkey). They transformed the Miletian princess Byblis into a spring.

LEUKE An Okeanis Nymphe who was abducted by the god Haides to Elysium, where she was transformed into a white poplar tree.

LEUKIPPE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

LIBRETHIAS One of the Leibrethrides, Naiades of the springs of Mount Librethrios in Boiotia, central Greece.

LIBYA (1) The goddess Nymphe of north Africa. She was a daughter of Epaphos (the Egyptian gull-god Apis), loved by Poseidon.

LIBYA (2) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

LIBYES TIMEOROI, THE Three goddess Nymphai protectors of the region of Lake Tritonis in Libya, North Africa.

LILAIA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Lilaia in Phokis, central Greece.

LIMNAEE The Naias Nymphe of an Indian lake.

LIMNOREIA One of the fifty Nereides.

LIRIOPE A Naias or Anthousa (Flower) Nymphe of Phokis in central Greece. She was the wife of the River-God Kephisos.

LOTIS A Naias Nymphe of Mount Othrys in Malis, northern Greece. She fled the amorous embrace of the god Priapos and was transformed into a lotus tree.

“LYKAIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Nine Nymphai Okeanides, Naiades and Dryades of Mount Lykaios in Arkadia, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. They were nurses of the god Zeus.

LYSIANASSA One of the fifty Nereides.

MAIA The Pleias Star Nymphe of Mount Kyllene in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was the mother of the god Hermes by Zeus.

MAIRA (1) The Star Nymphe of the dog-star Seirios. She was the wife of Tegeates, the founding King of Tegea in Arkadia, southern Greece.

MAIRA (2) One of the Naiades of the River Erasinos in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. She was an attendant of the goddess Britomartis.

MAIRA (3) One of the fifty Nereides.

MAKRIS A Nymphe of the island of Euboia in central Greece. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

MELAINE A Naias Nymphe of the springs of Delphoi in Phokis, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon.

MELANIPPE A Nymphe of Mount Pelion in Thessalia, northern Greece. She was a daughter of the kentauros (centaur) Kheiron who was transformed into a mare by the gods.

MELIA (1) An Okeanis Naias Nymphe of Argos in southern Greece (or Thebes, Boiotia in central Greece). She was the wife of the river-god Inakhos.

MELIA (2) The Okeanis Naias Nymphe of the Ismenian spring of Thebes, in Boiotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon, who slew her brother Kaanthos in the contest for her love.

NYSIADES

MELIA (3) The Naias Nymphe of the Malean peninsular in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was the wife of the god Seilenos.

MELIA (4) The Okeanis Naias Nymphe of the town of the Bebrykes in eastern Bithynia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the god Poseidon.

MELIA (5) The Naias Nymphe of the town of Kios in Bithynia, Anatolia. She was loved by the god Seilenos.

MELIA (6) The Naias Nymphe of the main town of the island of Keos in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by the god Apollon.

MELIAI, THE Nymphai Dryades of the mountain ash-tree, and perhaps honey and bees. They were born from the blood of the castrated Ouranos when it spilt upon the earth. The Meliai were mothers of the Bronze Race of Man.

“MELIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Naiades of the island of Melos in the Greek Aegean, who were turned into frogs by Zeus as punishment for burying the body of the blasphemous Euphorion.

MELIBOIA (1) An Okeanis Nymphe of Arkadia in southern Greece. She was the wife of King Pelasgos.

MELIBOIA (2) An Okeanis Nymphe of Syria in western Asia. She was loved by the River God Orontes.

MELITE (1) A Naias Nymphe of the mythical island of the Phaiakians (sometimes identified with Korkyra). She was loved by the hero Herakles.

MELITE (2) One of the Naiades of the River Erasinos in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. She was an attendant of the goddess Britomartis.

MELITE (3) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

MELITE (4) One of the fifty Nereides.

MELOBOSIS One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

MEMPHIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Memphis in Aigyptos (Egypt), North Africa. She was the wife of King Epaphos.

MENESTHO One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

MENIPPE (1) A Naias Nymphe of the River Peneios in Thessalia, northern Greece. She was the wife of Pelasgos, whose son Phrastor emigrated to Tyrrhenia in Italy.

MENIPPE (2) One of the Nymphai Koronides of Boiotia in central Greece. She and her sister were transformed itno a pair of comets.

MENIPPE (3) One of the fifty Nereides.

MEROPE (1) The Pleias Star Nymphe of the town of Korinthos in southern Greece. She was wife of the wicked king Sisyphos.

MEROPE (2) The Okeanis Nymphe mother of Phaethon by the sun-god Helios. She was usually named Klymene.

MEROPE (3) One of the Nymphai Heliades who were transformed into an amber-weeping poplar trees.

MESSEIS One of the Inakhides, she was the Naias Nymphe of a spring in the town of Argos, in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

METHE The Bakkhai Nymphe of drunkenness. She was the wife of King Staphylos.

METHONE (1) The Naias Nymphe of the town of Methone in Pieria, Makedonia, northern Greece. She was the wife of the eponymous King Pieros.

METHONE (2) One of the Nymphai Alkyonides. She was the eponymous Nymphe of the town of Methone in Pieria, Makedonia, northern Greece.

METIOKHE One of the Nymphai Koronides of Boiotia in central Greece. She and her sister were transformed itno a pair of comets.

METIS (1) An Okeanis Nymphe loved by the god Zeus. He swallowed her whole when he learned that she was destined to be a son greater than his father. She nevertheless bore a daughter, Athene, within the belly of the god. Metis was the spirit of wise counsel.

METIS (2) A Naias Nymphe of the River Meles near Smyrna in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the mother of the poet Homer by Maion.

METOPE The Naias Nymphe of the spring of Metope near Stymphalos in eastern Arkadia. She was the wife of the Sikyonian River-God Asopos.

MIDEIA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Aspledon in Boiotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

MINTHE A Naias Nymphe of Mount Minthe in Elis, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Haides, but as punishment for her boasting was transformed by Persephone or Demeter into a mint-plant.

MOREA One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her plant was the mulberry tree.

MORIA A Naias Nymphe of the River Hermos in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). When her brother Tylos was slain by a Drakon, she discovered a herb that restored him to life.

MYKALESSIDES, THE Naiades and Oreiades of Mount Mykale in Karia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

MYKENE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Mykenai in Argos, southern Greece. She was the wife of King Arestor.

MYRTOESSA The Naias Nymphe of a well in the town of Megalopolis in Arkadia, southern Greece.

“MYSIAI” NAIADES, THE Naiades of the springs of the Lake Askanios in Bithynia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). The abducted the handsome youth Hylas when he came to collect water from their spring.

MYSTIS A Bakkhe Nymphe of the island of Euboia in central Greece. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

NAIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Pyrrhikhos in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was the wife of the god Seilenos.

NAKOLE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Nakoleia in Phrygia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

NANA A Naias Nymphe of the River Saggarios in Phrygia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was impregnated by a nut which fell from a tree grown from the severed genitals of the Daimon Agdistis.

NAUSITHOE One of the fifty Nereides.

“NAXIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Three Naiades of Mount Drios on the island of Naxos in the Greek Aegean. They were nurses of the god Dionysos.

NEAIRA (1) A Nymphe of the island of the mythical island of Thrinakie loved by the sun-god Helios.

NEAIRA (2) A Naias Nymphe of Edonia in Thrake, north of Greece. She was the wife of the River-God Strymon.

NEAIRA (3) A Naias Nymphe of Mount Sipylos in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the Lydian prince Theiodamas.

“NEAIREIDES”, THE Two Nymphai daughters of the sun-god Helios. They tended his herds of sheep and cattle on the mythical island of Thrinakie.

NEDA The Okeanis Naias Nymphe of the River Neda in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was a nurse of the god Zeus.

NEMEA (2) The Naias Nymphe of the town of Nemea in Argos, southern Greece.

NYSIADES

NEMERTES One of the fifty Nereides.

NEOMERIS One of the fifty Nereides.

NEPHELE (1) A Nymphe formed by Zeus out of the clouds in the shape of the goddess Hera. She was raped by the impious King Ixion, and spawned the tribe of Kentauroi (Centaurs).

NEPHELE (2) A Nymphe of Athamantia in Boiotia, central Greece. She was the wife of King Athamas who sent the flying, golden-fleeced ram to rescue her children, when their stepmother conspired to have them sacrificed.

NEPHELE (3) One of the Okeanides in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.

NESAIE One of the fifty Nereides.

NESO One of the fifty Nereides.

NIKAIA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Nikaia in Bithynia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was raped by the god Dionysos.

NOMIA A Nymphe of Mount Nomia in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was the wife of King Lykaon.

NONAKRIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Nonakris in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was the wife of King Lykaon.

“NYMPHAIIDES”, THE Naiades of the River Nymphaios in Paphlagonia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

NYSA One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

NYSIADES, THE Three, five or six Nymphai Okeanides of mythical Mount Nysa. They were nurses of the god Dionysos.

OEROE The Naias Nymphe of the stream Oeroe of Plataia in Boiotia, central Greece. She was usually named Plataia.

“OGYGIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Four Naiades of the mythical island of Ogygos. They were handmaidens of the goddess Nymphe Kalypso.

OINOE (1) The Naias Nymphe of the main town of the island of Sikinos in the Greek Aegean. She was the wife of King Thoas.

OINOE (2) A Naias Nymphe of Mount Lykaios in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was one of nine Arkadian nurses of the god Zeus.

OINONE A Naias Nymphe of Mount Ida in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the first wife of Prince Paris, whom he abandoned for the love of Helene. She refused to heal him when he had been wounded in the Trojan War, and following his death, killed herself in grief.

OIOLYKA A Halias (Sea) Nymphe daughter of the hundred-handed giant Briareus.

OKYRHOE (1) A Naias Nymphe of the River Imbrasos on the island of Samos. She was raped by the god Apollon who transformed the fisherman Pompilos into a pilot-fish when he attempted to rescue her.

OKYRHOE (2) A Naias Nymphe of the River Saggarios of Phrygia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the local prince Hippomedon.

OKYRHOE (3) A Naias Nymphe of Kolkhis at the eastern end of the Black Sea (modern Georgia) who was loved by the sun-god Helios.

OKYRHOE (4) A Naias Nymphe of the River Kaikos in Teuthrania, southern Mysia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the god Hermes.

OKYRHOE (5) A prophetic Nymphe of Mount Pelion in Thessalia, northern Greece. She was usually named Melanippe.

OKYRHOE (6) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

OPIS One of the Nymphai Hyperboreiai, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis from the mythical northern land of Hyperborea. The name is usually spelt Oupis.

OREITHYIA (1) A Nymphe of the region of Thrake, to the north of Greece. She was an Athenian princess who was carried off to Thrake by the god Boreas to be his immortal wife. She was probably a goddess of chill mountain winds.

NEREIDES

OREITHYIA (2) A Nymphe of Mount Lebanon in Phoinikia, west Asia. She was loved by King Belos.

OREITHYIA (3) One of the fifty Nereides.

ORNEA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Orneai in Sikyonia, southern Greece.

ORPHNE A Nymphe of the underworld. She was the mother of the daimon Askalaphos by the infernal river Akheron.

ORSEIS A Naias Nymphe of the region of Thessalia in northern Greece. She was the wife of King Hellen of the Hellenes (Greeks).

ORTYGIA The Naias Nymphe of the sacred Ortygian grove near Ephesos in Lykia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the nurse of the god Apollon.

“ORTYGIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Naiades of the springs of Syrakousa and the island of Ortygia in Sikilia (Sicily), southern Italia.

OTHREIS A Nymphe of Mount Othrys in Malis, northern Greece. She was loved by the gods Zeus and Apollon.

OUPIS One of the Nymphai Hyperboreiai, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis from the mythical northern land of Hyperborea.

OURANIA One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

OZOMENE The Okeanis Nymphe mother of Iris the rainbow and the storm-wind Harpyiai. She was usually named Elektra.

“PAKTOLIDES”, THE Naiades of the River Paktolos in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

PALLAS A Nymphe of the salt-lake Tritonis in Libya, North Africa. She was a childhood companion of the goddess Athena who was accidentally slain during their war games.

PALLENE One of the Nymphai Alkyonides. She was the eponymous Nymphe of the peninsular of Pallene in the Thrakian Khersonesos (north of Greece).

PANOPEIA One of the fifty Nereides.

PAREGORON One of the Okeanides. She was the spirit of soothing words.

PAREIA The Naias Nymphe of the main town of the island of Paros in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by King Minos of Krete.

“PARTHENIA” NAIAS A Naias Nymphe of the River Parthenios in Bithynia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by a local prince named Agamestor.

PASITHEA One of the fifty Nereides.

PASITHOE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

PEDILE One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

PEGAIA One of the Ionides, Naiades of the healing springs of the River Kytheros in Elis, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

PEGASIS The Naias Nymphe of a spring of the River Grenikos in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the Trojan prince Emathion.

PEIRENE The Naias Nymphe of the spring Peirene in the town of Korinthos, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

PEITHO One of the Okeanides. She was the spirit of persuasive and seductive words.

PELIONIDES, THE Naiades of the springs of Mount Pelion in Thessalia, northern Greece. They were nurses of the Kentauroi (Centaurs).

PENELOPEIA A Dryas Nymphe of Mount Kyllene in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was the mother of the god Pan by Hermes.

PERIBOIA (1) The Okeanis Nymphe wife of the Titan Lelantos and mother of the goddess Aura.

PERIBOIA (2) A Naias Nymphe of the region of Lakedaimonia in southern Greece. She was the wife of Prince Ikarios.

PERO A Naias Nymphe of the region of Sikyonia in southern Greece. She bore Poseidon the lame River-God Asopos. Pero was also named Kelouse.

PERSE An Okeanis Nymphe of Persia loved by the sun-god Helios. She was usually named Perseis.

PERSEIS An Okeanis Nymphe of Persia loved by the sun-god Helios. She was the mother of the witches Aeetes, Pasiphae and Kirke.

PETRA One of the Leibrethrides, Naiades of the springs of Mount Librethrios in Boiotia, central Greece.

PETRAIE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

PEUKE The Naias Nymphe of the island of Peuke at the mouth of the River Istros (Danube) in western Skythia (modern Romania).

PHAETHONIDES, THE Seven Nymphai daughters of the sun-god Helios who were transformed into amber-weeping poplar trees following the death of the their brother Phaethon. They were usually called Heliades.

PHAETHOUSA A Nymphe daughter of the sun-god Helios. She tended his sacred herds of immortal cattle on the mythical island of Thrinakie.

PHAINO One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

PHAIO One of the five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

PHAISYLE One of the five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

PHARMAKEIA The Naias Nymphe of a poisonous spring near Athens in Attika, southern Greece.

“PHASEIDES”, THE Naiades of the streams and marshes of the River Phasis in Kolkhis in the Kaukosos, easternmost Europe.

OREITHYIA

PHEROUSA One of the fifty Nereides.

PHIALE One of the Okeanis companions of the goddess Artemis.

PHIGALIA A Dryas Nymphe of the town of Phigalia in Arkadia, southern Greece.

PHILIA One of the Naiades of Mount Drios on the island of Naxos in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

PHILODIKE An Argive Naias and wife of Leukippos king of Messenia.

PHILYRE An Okeanis Nymphe of Mount Pelion in Thessalia, northern Greece. She was loved by the god Kronos, who transformed her into a horse when their rendeavous was discovered by his wife. She gave birth to the Kentauros (Centaur) Kheiron.

PHOIBE (1) A Hamadryas Nymphe of Libya in North Africa. She was one of the many wives of King Danaus.

PHOIBE (2) One of the Nymphai Heliades who were transformed into an amber-weeping poplar trees.

PHOSTHONIA One of the Nymphai Alkyonides of the Thrakian Khersonesos (north of Greece).

PHRIXA A Naias Nymphe of Mount Lykaios in Arkadia, the Peloponnesos, central Greece. She was one of nine Arkadian nurses of the god Zeus.

PHYSADEIA An Argive Naias and goddess of the spring of Physadeia.

PHYTO One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

PIERIDES, THE Naiades of the springs of Mount Pieros in Pieria, Makedonia, north of Greece.

PITANE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Pitane in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

PITYS An Oreias Nymphe of the region of Arkadia in southern Greece. She transfomed into a pine tree to escape the lascivious pursuit of the god Pan.

PLATAIA The Naias Nymphe of the Gargaphian spring of Plataia in Boiotia, central Greece. She was abducted to the region by the god Zeus.

PLEIADES, THE Seven star Nymphai daughters of the Titan Atlas who formed the constellation Pleiades.

PLEIONE The Okeanis Nymphe of Mount Kyllene in Arkadia. She was the wife of the Titan Atlas, and mother of the Nymphai Pleiades and Hyades.

PLEXAURE (1) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

PLEXAURE (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

PLOTO One of the fifty Nereides.

PLOUTO (1) A Nymphe of Mount Sipylos in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the mother of the impious king Tantalos by Zeus.

PLOUTO (2) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

POLYDORA (1) A Danais & Naias Nymphe. She was the wife of the River Sperkheios in Malis, northern Greece.

POLYDORA (2) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

POLYHYMNO One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

POLYNOME One of the fifty Nereides.

POLYPHE The Okeanis Nymphe mother of the goddess Athena Hippeia by Poseidon.

POLYXO (1) One of the five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

POLYXO (2) One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

POLYXO (3) A Naias Nymphe of the River Nile in Aigyptos (Egypt), north Africa. She was one of the many wives of King Danaus.

MYSIAN NAIADES

PONTOMEDOUSA One of the fifty Nereides.

PONTOPOREIA One of the fifty Nereides.

POULYNOE One of the fifty Nereides.

PRAXITHEA A Naias Nymphe of the city of Athens in Attika, southern Greece. She was the wife of King Erektheus.

PRONOE One of the fifty Nereides.

PRONOIA An Okeanis Nymphe of Mount Parnassos in Phokis, central Greece. She was the wife of the Titan Prometheus.

PROSYMNA One of the three Asterionides, Nymphai of the River Asterion in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. She was a nurse of the goddess Hera.

PROTO One of the fifty Nereides.

PROTOMEDEIA One of the fifty Nereides.

PRYMNO One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

PSALAKANTHA A Nymphe of the island of Ikaria in the Greek Aegean. She was spurned by the god Dionysos and dissuade Ariadne from consorting with the god. As punishment he transormed her into the plany plant.

PSAMATHE One of the fifty Nereides. She was the wife of the sea-god Proteus, and loved by King Aiakos of Aigina.

PSANIS The Naias Nymphe of an Arkadian spring. She may have been the wife of the River Ladon.

PSEKAS One of the Okeanides in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.

PTELEA One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her tree was the elm.

RHANIS One of the Okeanis Nymphe companions of the goddess Artemis.

RHENE A Nymphe of the island of Samothrake in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by the god Hermes (or perhaps Zeus).

RHETIA A Nymphe of the island of Samothrake in the Greek Aegean. She was the mother of the Samothrakian Korybantes by Apollon.

RHODE The Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the island of Rhodes in the Greek Aegean. She was the wife of the sun-god Helios.

RHODEIA One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

RHODOPE (1) A Naias Nymphe of Kikonia, in Thrake, north of Greece. She and her arrogant husband Haimos were transformed into mountains as punishment for claiming to be Zeus and Hera.

RHODOPE (2) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

RHODOS The Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the island of Rhodes in the Greek Aegean. She was usually named Rhode.

RHOIO A Naias Nymphe of the town of Troy in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of the Trojan King Laomedon. She was usually named Strymo.

“RHYNDAKIDES”, THE Naiades of the springs of the River Rhyndakos in Mysia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

SAGARITIS A Naias Hamadrays Nymphe of the River Saggarios in Phrygia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She had an affair with Attis, the boy consort of Kybele. The goddess felled her tree, slaying the Nymphe, in retribution.

SALAMIS The Naias Nymphe of the main town of the island of Salamis in southern Greece. She was abducted to the island by the god Poseidon.

SALMAKIS The Naias Nymphe of the spring Salmakis of the town of Halikarnassos in Karia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She fell in love with the boy Hermaphroditos and prayed to the gods to be with him forever. The gods combined their two forms to create an hermaphrodite.

SAMIA The Naias Nymphe of the main town of the island of Samos in the Greek Aegean. She was the wife of the island’s first king Ankaios.

SAO One of the fifty Nereides.

“SATNIOEIS” NAIAS An unnamed Naias Nymphe of the River Satnioeis in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the Dardanian prince Enops.

SEIRENES, THE Three Naias companions of Persephone. Demeter transformed their bodies \to those of birds to aide them in the search for their abducted mistress. Failing in this endeavour they eventually settled on the island of Anthemoessa and set to luring passing sailors to their death with their irresistable song.

“SERIPHIA” NAIAS An unnamed Naias of the island of Seriphos in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by King Magnes of Magnesia, but emigrated with her two sons to the island.

SINOE An Oreias Nymphe of Mount Sinoe in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was the nurse of the god Pan.

SINOPE The Naias Nymphe of the Greek colony of Sinope in Assyria on the Black Sea, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was carried off to the land by Zeus, but made him swear an oath to protect her virginity. The River-God Halys and Apollon also failed to win her.

SITHNIDES, THE Naiades of the fountain of the town Megara, in Attika, southern Greece.

SKYLLA A Sicilian sea nymphe who was transformed into a monster by the witch Kirke.

SOSE A prophetic Oreias Nymphe of the region of Arkadia in southern Greece. She was the mother of the god Pan by Hermes.

SPARTE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Sparta in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was the wife of King Lakedaimon.

PSANIS

SPEIO One of the fifty Nereides.

“SPERKHEIDES”, THE Naiades of the springs of the River Sperkheios on Mount Othrys in Malis, central Greece.

SPHRAGITIDES, THE Naiades or Oreaides of a cavern oracle on Mount Kithairon in Attika, southern Greece.

STEROPE A Pleias Star Nymphe of Pisa in Elis, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Ares.

STILBE The Naias Nymphe of the main town of the Lapithai in Thessalia, northern Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon.

STROPHIA The Naias Nymphe of a spring on Mount Kithairon in Boiotia, central Greece.

STRYMO A Naias Nymphe of the town of Troy in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of the Trojan King Laomedon.

STYX The Okeanis Nymphe or Goddess of the underworld river Styx, and the Arkadian stream (southern Greece) of the same name.

SYKE One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her tree was the fig.

SYLLIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Sikyon in Sikyonia, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon.

SYMAITHIS A Naias Nymphe of the River Symaithos in Sicily, southern Italy. She was loved by the god Pan.

SYNALLASIS One of the Ionides, Naiades of the healing springs of the River Kytheros in Elis, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

SYRINX A Naias Nymphe of the River Ladon in Arkadia, southern Greece. She transformed into a stand of river-reeds in order to escape the lascivious pursuit of the god Pan.

TANAGRA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Tanagra in Boiotia, central Greece. Hermes defeated Ares in a boxing match in a contest for her love.

TAYGETE The Pleais Star Nymphe of the Taygetos Mountains in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Zeus.

TELEDIKE A Nymphe of the region Argolis in southern Greece. She was the wife of the early king Phoroneus.

TELESTO One of the Nymphai Okeanides. She was perhaps the goddess of success.

TELPHOUSA The Naias Nymphe of the Telphousian spring of Mount Helikon in Boiotia, central Greece. Apollon burried her waters beneath rocks as punishment for trying to trick him into building his temple elsewhere.

TEREINE A Naias Nymphe of the River Strymon in Triballoi, Thrake, north of Greece. She was loved by the god Ares.

THALEIA (1) A Nymphe of Mount Aitna in Sikelia (Sicily), southern Italy. She was loved by the god Zeus, and requested to be hidden beneath the earth to avoid the jealous wrath of Hera. She gave birth to Palikoi, Sicilian geyser-gods.

THALEIA (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

THEBE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Thebes in Boiotia, central Greece. She was abducted to the site of the town by the god Zeus.

THEISOA The Okeanis Naias Nymphe of the springs of the town of Theisoa in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was one of the nurses of the god Zeus.

THELPOUSA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Thelpousa in Arkadia, southern Greece.

“THEMEIDES”, THE Three Nymphai daughters of Zeus and Themis who were guardians of various artifacts of the gods.

THEMIS An Arkadian Naias loved by Hermes and the mother of Euander a prince of Arkadia. She was usually named Karmentis.

THEMISTO One of the fifty Nereides.

THEONOE A Halias (Sea) Nymphe daughter of the god Proteus. She was usually named Eidothea.

THERO The Naias Nymphe of the town of Therapne, in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was the nurse of the god Ares.

THESPIA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Thespiae in Boiotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon.

THESSALIDES, THE Naiades of the River Peneios in Thessalia, northern Greece.

THETIS The goddess Nymphe leader of the Nereides. She was wooed by Zeus and Poseidon, but when it was learned she was destined to bear a son greater than his mother, the gods married her to the mortal King Peleus.

THISBE The Naias Nymphe of the village of Thisbe in Boiotia, central Greece.

THOE (1) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

THOE (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

THOOSA A Halias (Sea) Nymphe loved by the god Poseidon. She bore him the Kyklops Polyphemos.

THRASSA A Nymphe of the Triballoi tribe of Thrake, north of Greece. She was the wife of King Hipponous.

THRIAI, THE Prophetic Nymphai of Mount Parnassos in Phokis, central Greece. They were minor goddesses of divination by pebbles and birds of omen whom the god Apollon gifted to his brother Hermes.

THRONIE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Abdera in Bistonia, Thrake, north of Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

THYIA A Naias Nymphe of the shrine of Delphoi in Phokis, central Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon.

THYMBRIS A prophetic Nymphe of the region of Arkadia. She was the mother of the god Pan by Zeus.

THYSA The Bakkhe Nymphe of the frenzied orgies of Dionysos.

TIASA The Naias Nymphe of the Tiasa stream in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece.

TITHOREA The Dryas Nymphe of the town of Tithorea in Phokis, central Greece.

TRITEIA A Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the town of Triteia in Akhaia, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Ares.

TRITONIS The Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the salt-water lake Tritonis in Libya, north Africa. She was loved by the god Poseidon, and also married a local king named Amphithemis.

TROIADES NAIADES, THE Naiades of the Rivers of Troy, in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

TYKHE One of the Okeanides. She was the spirit of good fortune.

XANTHE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

ZEUXIPPE A Naias Nymphe of the River Eridanos near Athens in Attika, southern Greece. She was loved by the Athenian lord Teleon.

ZEUXO One of the Nymphai Okeanides.
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Athena

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:08:33 +0000

ATHENA (a-THEE-nuh; Roman name Minerva) was the goddess of crafts and the domestic arts and also those of war. She was the patron goddess of Athens. Her symbol was the owl. She was originally the Great Goddess in the form of a bird. By the late Classic, she had come to be regarded as a goddess of wisdomZeus was once married to Metis, a daughter of Ocean who was renowned for her wisdom. When Metis became pregnant, Zeus was warned by Earth that a son born to Metis would overthrow him, just as he had usurped his own father’s throne.

So Zeus swallowed Metis. In time he was overcome with a splitting headache and summoned help from the craftsman god Hephaestus (or, some say, the Titan Prometheus). Hephaestus cleaved Zeus’s forehead with an ax, and Athena sprang forth fully armed.

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The poet Hesiod tells the story to account for Zeus’s great wisdom, since he can be said to have literally incorporated Metis. One can also read into the myth wishful thinking on the part of the mythmakers who replaced the worship of the Great Goddess, mother of all growing things, for that of the male sky-god Zeus. Zeus gave birth to Athena himself, as if to say, Who needs a woman in order to bring forth new life?

Athena aided the heroes Perseus, Jason, Cadmus, Odysseus and Heracles in their quests.

Both Athena and Poseidon wanted to be patron deity of Athens. To prove her worthiness for the honor, Athena caused an olive tree to spring up on the citadel of Athens, the Acropolis. Poseidon sought to outdo her by striking the ground with his trident and causing a spring of water to gush forth. But as he was god of the sea, the water was salty. Athena’s gift to the Athenians was considered to be more useful, so she became the city’s patron deity.

Athena sponsored Perseus in his quest to slay Medusa because she wanted the Gorgon’s head to decorate her shield.

Nymph

rykhu — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:07:28 +0000

The Nymphai (or Nymphs in English) were minor nature goddesses which populated the cosmos. Although they were ranked below the gods, they were still invited to attend the assemblies of the gods on Olympos.

The Nymphai presided over various natural phenomena: from springs, to clouds, trees, caverns, meadows, and beaches. They were responsible chiefly for the care of the plants and animals of their domain, and as such were closely associated with the prime gods of nature such as Hermes, Dionysos, Artemis, Poseidon and Demeter.

THE CLASSES OF NYMPH

THYIAD NYMPHE

ANTHOUSAI Nymphs of flowers. They were probably the same as the Leimenides, a type of Okeanis.

AURAI, THE The nymphs of the cooling breezes. They were daughters of the wind-god Boreas, or Okeanos, the earth-encircling fresh-water stream.

BAKKHAI, THE The Bacchic nymphs, companions of Dionysos. They were also known as Thyiades.

BOUKOLAI, THE Bucolic or rustic nymphs. Another name for the Epimelides.

DRYADES, THE The nymphs of trees and forests. Some of them had their life force bound to that of a specific tree, usually the loftiest in a forest, or one in a sacred grove of the gods. Dryades of mountain pines were known as Oreiades, those of ash-trees were called Meliai, Hamadryades were of the oaks, and Meliades of fruit-trees.

ELEIONOMAI, THE Naiad nymphs of fresh-water marshes.

EPIMELIDES, THE (or Epimeliades) Nymphs of highland pasture, the protectresses of sheep-flocks. They were perhaps numbered amongst the Okeanides.

HALIAI, THE Nymphs of the sea, the sands, and the rocky shores. They had the schools of fish, and other sea creatures in their keeping. The most famous of them were the fifty Nereides.

HAMADRYADES, THE Oak-tree Dryades whose life force was bound to that of a particular tree.

KRINAIAI, THE Naiad nymphs of wells and fountains.

LAMPADES, THE Torch-bearing nymphs of the underworld. They probably belonged to the train of the goddesses of the Eleusinian Mysteries, Persephone and Hekate.

LEIMENIDES, THE Nymphs of the water-meadows – pastures thick with lush grass and flowers. They were probably a type of Okeanis Nymphe.

LIMNATIDES, THE Naiad nymphs of lakes.

MAINADES, THE The crazed nymphs. Another name for the Thyiades, nymphs in the retinue of Dionysos.

MELIADES, THE Another name for Epimelides.

MELIAI, THE Nymphs of honey, bees and honeydew (manna). They were also Dryades of the mountain ash.

MELISSAI, THE Honey nymphs, another name for the Meliai.

NAIADES, THE Nymphs of the sources of fresh-water: springs, fountains, streams, rivers, and lakes. They were usually called daughters of Okeanos and the River-Gods.

NEPHELAI, THE Nymphs of the clouds. They were usually numbered amongst the Okeanides.

NEREIDES, THE Fifty Haliai (sea) nymphs.

NYMPHAI, THE Minor goddesses or daimonaissai (spirits) of nature. Many of the classes overlapped: for example, the Dryad nymphe of a tree growing by a spring was also often the Naiad of the fountain.

OREIADES, THE Nymphs of the mountains. They were Dryad nymphs, whose life force was closely tied to that of a lofty mountain pine or fir.

OKEANIDES, THE Nymphs who presided over the sources of fresh water: both earthly, the streams and fountains, and heavenly, moist breezes and rain-clouds. They were daughers of Okeanos, the earth-encircling fresh-water stream, and sisters of the River-Gods.

PEGAIAI, THE Naiad nymphs of springs.

POTAMEIDES, THE Nymphs of the rivers. They were a type of Naiad.

THYIADES, THE Wild, orgiastic nymphs in the train of the god Dionysos. They were also known as Mainades, and Bakkhai and Bakkhantes. The Thyiad troupe consisted of a mixture of Dryad and Naiad nymphs.

INDIVIDUAL & GROUPS OF NYMPHAI

ABA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Ergiske in Kikonia, Thrake (north of Greece). She was loved by the god Poseidon.

ABARBAREE A Naias Nymphe of the River Aisepos in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the Trojan prince Boukolion.

ADMETE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

ADRASTEIA One of the Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She a nurse of the god Zeus.

AETHERIE One of the Nymphai Heliades who were transformed into an amber-weeping poplar trees.

AGANIPPE The Naias Nymphe of the spring of Aganippe on Mount Helikon in Boiotia, central Greece. Her waters were sacred to the Mousai (Muses).

AGAUE One of the fifty Nereides.

AIA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Aia (or Kolkhis) near the Kaukasos Mountains, easternmost Europe. She was loved the river-god Phasis.

“AIAIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Naiades and Dryades of the mythical island of Aiaia. They were handmaidens of the goddess Kirke.

“AIGAIIDES”, THE Naiades of the River Aigaios of the mythical island of the Phaiakians. The island was sometimes identified with Greek Korkyra.

AIGEIROS One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her tree was the black poplar.

AIGINA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Aigina, on Aigina Island in southern Greece. She was abducted from her father’s mainland stream by Zeus in the shape of an eagle.

AIGLE (1) The Nymphe mother of the Kharites by the sun-god Helios. She was probably one of the Okeanides.

AIGLE (2) One of the Nymphai Heliades who were transformed into an amber-weeping poplar trees.

AISEPIDES, THE Naiades of the River Aisepos in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

AITHOUSA A Nymphe daughter of Poseidon and the Pleias Alkyone.

AITHRE The Okeanis Nymphe wife of the Titan Atlas. She was usually named Pleione.

DAPHNE

AIX (1) The Nymphe wife of the god Pan. She was also seduced by Zeus.

AIX (2) One of the Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Zeus. Aix was usually called Amaltheia and described as a goat.

AKASTE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

AKHEIA One of the Nymphai Hyperboreiai, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis from the mythical Northern land of Hyperborea. She was usually named Hekaerge.

AKHELOIDES, THE Naiades of the River Akheloios in Anatolia, central Greece.

AKRAIA One of the three Asterionides, Nymphai of the River Asterion in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. She was a nurse of the goddess Hera.

AKTAIE One of the fifty Nereides.

ALEXIRHOE A Naias Nymphe of the springs of the River Grenikos on Mount Ida in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by King Priamos of Troy.

ALKE A Naias Nymphe of the River Sagggarios in Phrygia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

ALKINOE A Naias Nymphe of Mount Lykaios in Arkadia, the Peloponnesos, central Greece. She was one of nine Arkadian nurses of the god Zeus.

ALKIPPE One of the Nymphai Alkyonides.

ALKYONE The Pleias Star Nymphe of Boiotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

ALKYONIDES, THE Seven Nymphai of the Thrakian Khersonese (modern north Greece). They were daughters of the Gigante Alkyoneus who were transformed by the gods into kingfishers.

ALTHAIA One of the Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She a nurse of the god Zeus. Althaia was usually named Amaltheia and described as a goat.

AMALTHEIA One of the Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She a nurse of the god Zeus. Amaltheia was usually described as the milk-providing goat of the nurses, rather than a Nymphe herself.

AMATHEIA One of the fifty Nereides.

AMBROSIA (1) One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

AMBROSIA (2) One of the five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

AMNISIADES, THE Naiades of the River Amnisos on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. They were attendants of the goddess Artemis.

AMPELOS One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her plant was wild vine.

AMPHINOME One of the fifty Nereides.

AMPHIRO One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

AMPHITHOE One of the fifty Nereides.

AMPHITRITE One of the Nereides or Okeanides. She was the goddess queen of the sea.

AMYMONE One of the Danaides, and a Naias Nymphe of the spring of Amymone at Lerna, in Argos, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

ANIGRIDES, THE Naiades of the river Anigros in Elis, in the Peloponessos, southern Greece. Their springs were believed to cure skin diseases.

ANIPPE A Naias Nymphe of the River Nile in Egypt. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

ANKHINOE A Naias Nymphe of the River Nile in Egypt. She was the wife of the Egyptian King Belos.

ANKHIROE (1) The Naias Nymphe of the town of Megalopolis, in Arkadia, southern Greece.

ANKHIROE (2) The Naias Nymphe of the Psylloi tribe of Libya in North Africa. She was the wife of the tribe’s first king Psyllos.

ANKHIROE (3) One of the Naiades of the River Erasinos in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. She was an attendant of the goddess Britomartis.

ANTHE One of the Nymphai Alkyonides. She was the eponymous Nymphe of the town of Anthemos in the Thrakian Khersonesos (north of Greece).

ANTHEDON The Naias Nymphe of the town of Anthedon in Boiotia, central Greece.

ANTHRAKIA One of the Nymphai of Mount Lykaios in Arkadia, southern Greece, who nursed the god Zeus. She was probably an Oreias Nymphe.

ANTIOPE A Naias Nymphe of Mount Kithairon or the town of Thebes in Boiotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Zeus.

APSEUDES One of the fifty Nereides.

ARETHOUSA The Naias Nymphe of a spring of the town of Syrakousa in Sikelia (Sicily), southern Italy. She was loved by the River-God Alpheios, who pursued her from her homeland in Greek Arkadia under the sea to the island of Sikelia.

NAIAD NYMPHE

ARGE One of the Nymphai Hyperboreiai, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis from the mythical Northern land of Hyperborea. She was usually named Hekaerge.

ARGIA An Okeanis Naias Nymphe of Argos in southern Greece. She was the wife of the river-god Inakhos. She was usually named Melia.

“ARGIA” NAIAS An unnamed Naias Nymphe of Mykenai in Argos, southern Greece. She was the wife of the Argive prince Thyestes.

ARGIOPE (1) A Naias Nymphe of Mount Parnassos in Phokis, central Greece and later of Pieria, in Makedonia, northern Greece. She was loved by the bard Philammon.

ARGIOPE (2) The Naias Nymphe of the town of Eleusis in Attika, southern Greece. She was the wife of the Eleusinian prince Brankhos.

ARGYRA A Halias or Naias Nymphe of the town of Argyra in Akhaia, southern Greece. She was loved by the hero Selemnos.

ARSINOE One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

“ARTEMISIAI” OKEANIDES, THE Sixty young Okeanides in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.

ASIE The Okeanis Nymphe of the Anatolian peninsular (modern Turkey) or the western half thereof. She was the wife of the Titan Iapetos or his son Prometheus.

ASKRE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Askra in Boiotia. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

ASOPIDES, THE Twelve or twenty Naiades of the River Asopos in Sikyonia and Boiotia, central and southern Greece. They were all abducted by gods.

ASOPIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Asopis.

“ASTAKIDES”, THE Naiades of Lake Astakos in Bithynia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).

ASTERIA (1) One of the Nymphai Alkyonides of the Thrakian Khersonessos (north of Greece).

ASTERA (2) A Star Nymphe daughter of the sun-god Helios. She was usually named Astris.

“ASTERIONIDES”, THE Three Naiades of the River Asterion in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. They were nurses of the goddess Hera.

ASTERODEIA The Naias Nymphe of a stream in the Kaukasos Mountains, east of Black Sea. She was loved by the Kolkhian king Aeetes.

ASTEROPE (1) A Naias Nymphe of the river Kebren in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by prince Aisakos of Troy.

ASTEROPE (2) The Okeanis Naias Nymphe of the town of Akragas in Sikelia (Sicily), southern Italy. She was loved by the god Zeus.

ASTRIS A Star Nymphe daughter of the sun-god Helios. She was the wife of the Indian River-God Hydaspes.

ASTYOKHE A Naias Nymphe of the town of Troy in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of the Trojan King Erikhthonios.

ATLANTEIA A Hamadryas Nymphe of Libya in North Africa. She was one of the many wives of King Danaus.

ATLANTIDES, THE Nymphai daughters of the Titan Atlas, including the Pleiades, the Hyades, Maria and Kalypso.

AUTOMATE The Naias Nymphe of a spring in the town of Argos, southern Greece.

AUTONOE One of the fifty Nereides.

BALANOS One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her tree was the evergreen oak.

BATEIA A Naias Nymphe of the town of Sparta in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was the wife of the Spartan King Oibalos.

BENTHESIKYME A Halias (Sea) Nymphe daughter of Poseidon. She was the wife of the Aithiopian King Enalos.

BEROE The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Beruit in Phoinikia (modern Lebanon), west Asia. She was married to the god Poseidon.

BOLINA A Halias (Sea) or Naias Nymphe of the town of Bolina in Akhaia, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon, and leapt into the sea to escape his pursuit.

BROMIE One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

BYBLIS The Naias or Hamadryas Nymphe of the springs of the town of Byblis in Karia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was born a mortal princess who was transformed into a spring by the Karian Naiades.

BYZE One of the Naiades of the River Erasinos in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. She was an attendant of the goddess Britomartis.

DAEIRA The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Eleusis in Attika, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Hermes.

DANAIS A Naias Nymphe of the town of Pisa in Elis, southern Greece. She was loved by the Elean King Pelops.

DAPHNE A Naias Nymphe of the River Ladon in Arkadia, southern Greece or River Peneios in Thessalia in the north. She was loved by the god Apollon who pursued her relentlessly, but she escaped his embrace by transforming into a laurel tree.

DAPHNIS An Oreias Nymphe of Mount Parnassos in Phokis, central Greece. She was the prophetess of Gaia at Delphoi before Apollon seized the shrine.

DAULIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Daulis in Boiotia, central Greece.

DEINO A Naias Nymphe of the River Sperkheios in Malis, northern Greece. She was the wife of the River-God Sperkheios.

DELIADES, THE Naiades of the springs of the River Inopos on the island of Delos in the Greek Aegean.

DERKETIS A Naias Nymphe of (Mount Kithairon in) Boiotia, central Greece. She ravished the Theban youth Lapithaon.

DERO One of the fifty Nereides.

DEXAMENE One of the fifty Nereides.

DIOGENEIA A Naias Nymphe of Athens in Attika, southern Greece. She was the wife of the Athenian lord Phrasimos.

DIONE (1) One of the Okeanides. According to some she was the mother of Aphrodite by Zeus.

DIONE (2) A Star Nymphe of Mount Tmolos in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of the impious king Tantalos.

DIONE (3) One of the fifty Nereides.

DIOPATRE A Naias Nymphe of Mount Othrys in Malis, central Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon who turned her sisters into poplar trees during the seduction.

DIOXIPPE One of the Nymphai Heliades who were transformed into an amber-weeping poplar trees.

DIRKE The Naias Nymphe of the spring Dirke on Mount Kithairon, in Boiotia, central Greece. She was transformed into a fountain by the god Dionysos after Amphion and Zethos had her killed by binding her to a wild bull.

DODONE The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Dodona in Thesprotia, north-western Greece.

DODONIDES, THE Nymphai of the oracular shrine of Dodona.

DORIS (1) The Okeanis Nymphe wife of the sea-god Nereus and mother of the fifty Nereides. She was probably the goddess of the mixing of fresh water with the brine.

DORIS (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

DOTO One of the fifty Nereides.

DRIMO One of the Nymphai Alkyonides of the Thrakian Khersonessos (north of Greece).

DRYOPE A Hamadryas Naias Nymphe of Mount Oita in Malis, central Greece. She was originally a mortal princess who was seduced by Apollon disguised as a tortoise. Later the Hamadryades of Mount Oita transformed her into a fellow Nymphe.

DYNAMENE One of the fifty Nereides.

EIDO A Halias (Sea) Nymphe daughter of the god Proteus. She was usually named Eidothea.

EIDOTHEA (1) A Halias (Sea) Nymphe daughter of the god Proteus.

EIDOTHEA (2) A Naias Oreias Nymphe of Mount Othrys in Malis, northern Greece who was loved by the god Poseidon.

EIDYIA The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Kholkis in Aia at the eastern end of the Black Sea (modern Georgia). She was the wife of King Aeetes.

AIGINA

EIONE One of the fifty Nereides.

EKHO An Oreias Nymphe of Mount Helikon in Boiotia, central Greece and the goddess of echoes. Hera cursed her with the voice of mountain echoes as punishment for distracting her while her husband Zeus consorted with the Nymphai.

“ELEIAS” NAIAS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Elis in Elis, southern Greece. She was the wife of King Endymion.

ELEKTRA (1) The Okeanis Cloud Nymphe of the amber tinge of storm clouds illuminated by the returning sun. She was the wife of the sea-god Thaumas and mother of Iris the rainbow and the storm-wind Harpyiai.

ELEKTRA (2) The Pleias Star Nymphe of Mount Saon on the island of Samothrake in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by the god Zeus.

ENDEIS A Nymphe of Mount Pelion in Thessalia, northern Greece. She married Aiakos King of the southern Greek island of Aigina.

EPHYRA The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Korinthos in Korinthia, southern Greece. She was the wife of the Titan Epimetheus.

ERASINIDES, THE Four Naiades of the River Erasinos in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. They were attendants of the goddess Britomartis.

ERATO (1) A Dryas Nymphe of Mount Akakesion in Arkadia. She was a prophetess of the god Pan, and wife of King Arkas.

ERATO (2) One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

ERATO (3) One of the fifty Nereides.

ERIPHIA One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

EUADNE A Naias Nymphe of the town of Argos in the Argolis, southern Greece. She was the wife of the eponymous King Argos.

EUAGORE One of the fifty Nereides.

EUARNE One of the fifty Nereides.

EUBOIA (1) The Naias Nymphe of the town of Khalkis in Euboia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon who abducted her to the island.

EUBOIA (2) One of the three Asterionides, Nymphai of the River Asterion in Argos, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. She was a nurse of the goddess Hera.

EUDORA (1) One of the five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

EUDORA (2) One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

EUDORA (3) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

EUDORA (4) One of the fifty Nereides.

EUKRANTE One of the fifty Nereides.

EULIMENE One of the fifty Nereides.

EUMOLPE One of the fifty Nereides.

EUNIKE One of the fifty Nereides.

EUPHEME A Naias Nymphe of Mount Helikon in Boiotia, central Greece. She was the nurse of the goddess Mousai, and a lover of the god Pan.

EUPOMPE One of the fifty Nereides.

EUROPE (1) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

EUROPE (2) An Egyptian Naias Nymphe, daughter of the River Neilos (Nile). She was the mother of fifty daughters, the Danaides, by King Danaos.

EURYNOME (1) One of the Okeanides. She was the mother of the goddess Kharites by Zeus.

EURYNOME (2) One of the Okeanides. She was the wife of the Titan Ophion.

EURYRHOE A Naias Nymphe of the Egyptian river Neilos (Nile). She bore fifty sons, the Aigyptides, to King Aigyptos of Egypt.

GALATEIA

EUTHEMIA A Nymphe of the island of Kos in the Greek Aegean. She was struck down by the goddess Artemis.

GALATEIA One of the fifty Nymphai Nereides. She was wooed by the Kyklops Polyphemos, who slew her young lover Akis in a fit of jealousy.

GALAXAURA One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

GALENE One of the fifty Nymphai Nereides. She was the goddess of calm seas.

GARGAPHIE The Naias Nymphe of the Gargaphian spring of Plataia in Boiotia, central Greece. She was usually named Plataia.

GLAUKE (1) A Naias Nymphe of Mount Lykaios in Arkadia, the Peloponnesos, central Greece. She was one of nine Arkadian nurses of the god Zeus.

GLAUKE (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

GLAUKIA A Naias Nymphe of the River Skamandros in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the hero Deimakhos, a companion of Herakles.

GLAUKONOME One of the fifty Nereides.

GORGYRA A Nymphe of the underworld. She was the mother of the daimon Askalaphos by the infernal river Akheron.

HAGNO The Okeanis Naias Nymphe of a spring on Mount Lykaios in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was a nurse of the god Zeus.

HALIA (1) A Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the island of Rhodes in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by the god Poseidon, who after being raped by her own sons, threw herself into the sea.

HALIA (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

HALIMEDE One of the fifty Nereides.

HAMADRYAS The Dryas Nymphe of the oak tree. She was the mother of eight tree-specific Hamadryades by the forest-daimon Oxylos.

HAMADRYADES OTHREIDES, THE Eight Nymphai Dryades of Mount Othrys in Malis (nothern Greece). Each had a specific type of tree in her care.

HARMONIA A Naias Nymphe of the Akmonian wood in the land of the Amazones, in Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved by the god Ares, and bore him the first of the Amazon queens.

HARPINA The Naias Nymphe of the town of Pisa in Elis, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Ares.

HEGETORIA A Nymphe of the island of Rhodes. She was the wife of the Rhodian King Okhimos.

HEKAERGE One of the Nymphai Hyperboreiai, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis from the mythical northern land of Hyperborea.

HEKATERIDES, THE Five country Nymphai of the rustic dance. They were mothers of the Daimones Oreaides, Satyroi and Kouretes.

HELIADES, THE Seven Nymphai daughters of the sun-god Helios who were transformed into amber-weeping poplar trees following the death of the their brother Phaethon.

HELIE One of the Nymphai Heliades who were transformed into an amber-weeping poplar trees.

HELIKE One of the Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Zeus. Her original name was Ide, being renamed Helike when she was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Ursa Major.

HEROPHILOS A Nymphe daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite.

HERKYNA The Naias Nymphe of the River Herkyna near Lebadeia in Boiotia, central Greece. She was a companion of the goddess Persephone.

HESIONE The Okeanis Nymphe wife of the Titan Prometheus. She was also named Pronoia.

HESPERIA A Naias Nymphe of the river Kebren in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). While being pursued by prince Aisakos of Troy, she stepped on a poisonous snake and died.

“HESPERIAI” NAIADES, THE Naiades of the mythical far northern river Eridanos.

HIEROMNEME A Naias Nymphe of Mount Ida in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of the Dardanian prince Assarakos.

HIMALIA A Nymphe of the island of Rhodes in the Greek Aegean. She was seduced by the god Zeus.

“HIMERIAI” NAIADES, THE Naiades of the hot-water springs of the town of Himera, in Sikelia (Sicily), Italia.

HIPPE An Argive Naias and goddess of the spring of Hippe.

HIPPO One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

HIPPONOE One of the fifty Nereides.

HIPPOTHOE One of the fifty Nereides.

HYADES, THE Five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades, whose teary risings marked the beginnning of the Greek rainy season. They were nurses of the god Dionysos.

HYALE One of the Okeanides in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.

HYDASPIDES, THE Naiades of the River Hydaspes in north-western Indian (modern Kashmir). They were nurses of the god Zagreus.

“HYDE” The Naias Nymphe of the town of Hyde (Sardis) in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of a local lord named Otrynteus.

“HYPERBOREIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Three Nymphai of the mythical northern land of Hyperborea who first travelled to the Greek island of the Delos with offerings for the goddess Artemis. They became her handmaidens.

HYPEREIA One of the Inakhides, she was the Naias Nymphe of a spring in the town of Argos, in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

ISMENE

IAIRA One of the fifty Nereides.

IAKHE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

IANASSA One of the fifty Nereides.

IANEIRA (1) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

IANEIRA (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

IANTHE One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

IASIS One of the Ionides, Naiades of the healing springs of the River Kytheros in Elis, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

IDAIA A Naias Nymphe of Mount Ida in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of the River-God Skamandros.

“IDAIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Two Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. They were nurses of the god Zeus, who were placed amongst the stars as the constellations Ursa Major and Minor.

IDE One of the Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Zeus.

IDOTHEA One of the Nymphai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Zeus.

IDYIA The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Kholkis in Aia at the eastern end of the Black Sea (modern Georgia). She was the wife of King Aeetes.

INAKHIDES, THE Naiades of the river Inakhos and the springs of Argos in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

IO A Naias of the River Inakhos in Argos, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Zeus, who disguised her as a heifer to avoid discovery by the jealous Hera. The goddess saw through the foil, and plagued her with a gladfly, forcing her to wander as far as Egypt.

IONE One of the fifty Nereides.

IONIDES, THE Four Naiades of the springs of the River Kytheros in Elis, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. Their waters were believed to cure aches and pains.

ISMENE (1) The Naias Nymphe of the Ismenian spring of Thebes, Boiotia, central Greece. She was the wife of the Argive King Argos. Her descendant Kadmos was the founder of the city of Thebes.

ISMENE (2) The Okeanis Naias Nymphe of the Ismenian spring of Thebes, in Boiotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon. Ismene was usually named Melia.

ISMENIS A Naias Nymphe of the River Ismenos of Boiotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Pan.

“ITHAKIAI” NAIADES, THE Naiades of the springs of certain sacred caves on the island of Ithaka, in the Ionian Sea, central Greece.

IYNX An Oreias Nymphe of Boiotia, in central Greece. She seduced the god Zeus with the aide of magical love charms and as punishment for her presumption was transformed by Hera into a wryneck bird.

KABEIRIDES, THE Nymphai of the Mysteries of the island of Samothrake in the Greek Aegean.

KABEIRO A Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the island of Lemnos in the north Aegean. She was loved by the god Hephaistos.

KALIADNE A Naias Nymphe of the River Nile in Egypt, North Africa. She was one of the many wives of the Egyptian King Aigyptos.

KALLIANASSA One of the fifty Nereides.

KALLIANEIRA One of the fifty Nereides.

KALLIGENEIA A Nymphe of Eleusis in Attika, southern Greece. She was the nurse of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persepone.

KALLIPHAEIA One of the Ionides, Naiades of the healing springs of the River Kytheros in Elis, the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.

KALLIRHOE (1) An Okeanis Nymphe of Erytheia, a mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean or kingdom of southern Iberia (modern Spain). She was the wife of the King or Gigante Khrysaor.

KALLIRHOE (2) A Naias Nymphe of Akarnania in central Greece. She was the wife of the hero Alkmaion and was also loved by Zeus.

KALLIRHOE (3) A Naias Nymphe of the town of Troy in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of the eponymous king Tros.

KALLIRHOE (4) A Naias or Okeanis Nymphe of Egypt in North Africa. She was loved by the River-God Neilos (Nile).

KALLISTE The Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the island of Kalliste in the Greek Aegean. She was given as a gift to the hero Euphemos by her father Triton.

KALLITHYIA A Naias Nymphe of the River Inakhos in Argos, southern Greece who was the first priestess of Hera. She was usually called Io.

KALYBE A rustic Nymphe of the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was loved King Laomedon of Troy.

KALYPSO (1) The Goddess Nymphe of the mythical island of Ogygia. She loved the hero Odysseus who was marooned on her island.

KALYPSO (2) One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

KALYPSO (3) One of the fifty Nereides.

KAMARINA The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Kamarina in Sikelia (Sicily), southern Italia.

KAPHEIRA An Okeanis Nymphe of the island of Rhodes in the Greek Aegean. She was the nurse of the god Poseidon.

“KARIAI” NAIADES, THE Naiades of the region of Karia in Anatolia (modern Turkey).

KARMENTIS A prophetic Arkadian Naias Nymphe loved by Apollon. She emigrated with her son Euenos to Latium.

KARYA One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her plant was the nut-tree: hazel, walnut and chestnut.

KASSOTIS The Naias Nymphe of the sacred Kastalian spring of the shrine of Delphoi, in Phokis, central Greece. She was usually named Kastalia.

KASTALIA The Naias Nymphe of the sacred Kastalian spring of the shrine of Delphoi, on Mount Parnassos, in Phokis, central Greece.

“KEIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Naiades of the springs and wells of the island of Keos in the Greek Aegean.

KELAINO A Pleias Star Nymphe of Boiotia, central Greece who was loved by the god Poseidon.

AURA NYMPHE

KELOUSE A Naias Nymphe of the region of Sikyonia in southern Greece. She bore Poseidon the lame River-God Asopos.

KEPHISIDES, THE Naiades of the River Kephisos in Boiotia, central Greece.

KERKEIS One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

KETO (1) An Okeanis Naias Nymphe of India loved by the god Poseidon.

KETO (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

KHALKIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Khalkis in Euboia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon who abducted her to the island. She was usually named Euboia.

KHARIKLO (1) A Nymphe of Mount Pelion in Thessalia, northern Greece. She was the wife of the wise kentauros (centaur) Kheiron.

KHARIKLO (2) A Nymphe of Thebes in Boiotia, central Greece. She was the wife of the Spartos Eueres and a close friend of the goddess Athene, who was nevertheless forced to blind her son Teiresias.

KHELONE A lazy Oreias Nymphe of Mount Khelydorea in Arkadia, southern Greece. Hermes transformed her into a tortoise when she refused to attend the wedding of Zeus and Hera.

KHESIAS A Naias Nymphe of the island of Samos in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by the River-God Imbrasos.

“KHIAS” NAIAS (1) The Naias Nymphe of the town of Khios, on the island of Khios in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

“KHIAS” NAIAS (2) The Naias Nymphe of the towns of Agelos and Melas on the island of Khios in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

KHIONE (1) A Snow Nymphe of the region of Thrake, north of Greece. She was a daughter of Boreas, god of winter, loved by Poseidon. She cast their infant into the sea to avoid discovery.

KHIONE (2) A Snow Nymphe loved by the god Boreas.

KHIONE (3) A Naias Nymphe of the River Nile in Aigyptos (Egypt), North Africa. She was raped by a peasant and in grief cast snow down upon the desert.

KHLORIS An Okeanis Nymphe of the mythical Islands of the Blessed in the River Okeanos. She was the goddess of flowers, and the wife of the west-wind Zephyros.

KHRYSEIS One of the Nymphai Okeanides.

KHRYSOPELEIA A Nymphe of Arkadia, southern Greece. She was the wife of the eponymous king Arkas.

KISSEIS One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

KLAIA (1) An Oreais or Naias Nymphe of Mount Kalathion in Messenia, southern Greece.

KLAIA (2) One of the fifty Nereides.

KLEEIA One of the five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades.

KLEIDE One of the Naiades of Mount Drios on the island of Naxos in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

KLEODORA A Naias Nymphe of Mount Parnassos in Phokis, central Greece who was loved by the god Poseidon.

KLEOKHAREIA A Naias Nymphe of the River Eurotas in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was loved by the earth-born King Lelex.

KLEOMEDE A Naias Nymphe of the main town of Paionia (modern day Makedonia). She was the wife of the region’s eponymous King Paion.

KLEONE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Kleonai in Argos, southern Greece.

KLONIE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Hyria in Boiotia, central Greece. She was the wife of King Hyrieus.

KLYMENE (1) The Okeanis wife of the Titan Iapetos. She was the mother of Prometheus and his Titan brothers. Klymene was the spirit of fame.

KLYMENE (2) An Okeanis Nymphe loved by the sun-god Helios.

KLYMENE (3) One of the fifty Nereides.

KLYTIE An Okeanis Nymphe loved by the sun-god Helios. She transformed into a sun-gazing heiotrope flower when he abandoned her.

KNOSSIA A Naias Nymphe of the town of Knossos of the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She was loved by King Menelaos of Sparta.

EKHO

KOKYTHIAI, THE Naiades of Haides and daughters of the underworld river Kokytos.

KOMBE A Nymphe of the island of Euboia. She was the wife of the mother of the Euboian Korybantes by Sokos.

KORKYRA The Naias Nymphe of the main town of the island of Korkyra in central western Greece. She was abducted to the island by the god Poseidon.

KORONIDES, THE Two Nymphai of Thebes in Boiotia, central Greece, who were transformed into comets.

KORONIS (1) One of the five Star Nymphai of the constellation Hyades. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

KORONIS (2) One of the Nysiades, Nymphai of the mythical Mount Nysa. She was a nurse and one of the first Bakkhantes of the god Dionysos.

KORONIS (3) One of the Naiades of Mount Drios on the island of Naxos in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Dionysos.

KORYKIA The Naias Nymphe of the sacred Korykian cave at Delphoi, in Phokis, central Greece. She was loved by the god Apollon.

KORYKIAI NYMPHAI, THE Naiades of the sacred springs of the Korykian cave at Delphoi, in Phokis, central Greece.

KRANEIA One of the eight Nymphai Hamadryades. Her plant was the cherry tree.

KRANTO One of the fifty Nereides.

KREOUSA An Okeanis Naias Nymphe of (perhaps Lapithai in) Thessalia, northern Greece. She was the wife of the river-god Peneios.

KRETHEIS The Naias Nymphe of the town of Smyrna in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the mother of the poet Homer by the River Meles.

KROKALE One of the Okeanides in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.

KYANE The Naias Nymphe of a spring in the town of Syrakousa, Sikelia (Sicily), in southern Italy.

KYANEE The Naias Nymphe of the town of Miletos in Karia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of Miletos, eponymous king of the town.

“KYDNIDES”, THE Naiades of the River Kydnos in Kilikia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). They joined Dionysos in his war against the Indians.

KYLLENE A Naias or Oreias Nymphe of Mount Kyllene in Arkadia, southern Greece. She was the wife of King Pelasgos.

KYMATOLEGE A Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the waves. She was probably the same as Kymopoleia or Kymo.

KYMO One of the fifty Nereides.

KYMODOKE One of the fifty Nereides.

KYMOPOLEIA A Halias (Sea) Nymphe of the waves. She was a daughter or Poseidon and wife of the hundred-handed giant Briareus.

KYMOTHOE One of the fifty Nereides.

KYNOSOURA One of the Nymphai Idaiai of Mount Ida on the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. She was a nurse of the god Zeus. Her original name was Adrasteia, being renamed Kynosoura when she was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Ursa Minor.

“KYPRIAI” NAIADES, THE Naiades of the island of Kypros in the eastern Meditteranean.

“KYRENAIKAI” NYMPHAI, THE Naiades of the Greek colony of Kyrene, in Libya, North Africa.

KYRENE (1) The Naias Nymphe of the Greek colony of Kyrene in Libya, North Africa. She was carried off to that country from Thessalia Greece by Apollon.

KYRENE (2) A Nymphe of Thrake (north of Greece), loved by the god Ares.

“KYRTONIAI” NYMPHAI, THE Naiades of the springs of the town of Kyrtones in Boiotia, central Greece.