Aug 31, 2023 · The Naiad Cleocharia, for example, was the wife of Lelex, the first king of Laconia. The Naiad Batia married Oebalus, another king of Laconia; she is sometimes said to have given birth to Hipocoon, Icarius, and Tyndareus (the latter of whom went on to father Helen of Troy , Clytemnestra , and the twins Castor and Polydeuces ).

Jan 6, 2023 · Naiad, Greek Ναϊάς, translit. Naïás) or, occasionally, “Naiad nymphs.” Etymologically, this term seems to come from the Greek verb νάω (náō), meaning “to flow.” Most of the time, Naiads were freshwater nymphs who inhabited the rivers, lakes, springs, and fountains of the earth.

Mar 8, 2023 · Daphne was a virginal nymph, the daughter of a Greek river god. In her most famous myth, she was desired by the Olympian god Apollo and was only able to escape his advances by transforming into a laurel tree.

Mar 22, 2023 · One was born to the Naiad daughters of the River Lamus. These Naiads had made the mistake of nursing Zeus’ bastard son Dionysus, thus incurring the wrath of Zeus’ wife Hera. Hera transformed the daughters of Lamus into creatures with cow horns, shaggy hair, and tails (a kind of cross between a Centaur and a satyr or silen).

Jul 26, 2023 · Naiad by Antonio Canova (1815/1817–1820/1823) National Gallery of Art (US) Public Domain. The Oreads represented one of the main categories of nymphs, alongside the Naiads (water nymphs associated with springs). However, “Oread” was a very loose classification within the Greek taxonomy of nymphs.

May 20, 2023 · Pan was the infamous god of shepherds and goatherds who hailed from Arcadia. He was part-human and part-goat, and his days in the woods and countryside were spent singing, dancing, hunting, chasing nymphs, and playing his reed pipes.

Sep 21, 2023 · Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary sea creatures or sailors who passed too close.

Mar 8, 2023 · Etymology. Etymologically, the term “Oceanid” (Greek Ὠκεανίς, translit. Ōkeanís; pl. Oceanids, Greek Ὠκεανίδες, translit Ōkeanídes) is ...

Jul 27, 2023 · Aristaeus, son of Apollo and Cyrene, was a Greek hero and deity connected with many domains, including animal husbandry, agriculture, hunting, healing, and prophecy. One famous myth told of how he was able to regenerate his bees after they were killed as a punishment from the gods. Due to the diversity of his skills and knowledge, he was …

Aug 1, 2023 · Doris was a nymph, one of the three thousand Oceanids born to the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She married Nereus, the “Old Man of the Sea,” and gave birth to the fifty sea nymphs known as the Nereids.