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==List of Nereids== This list is correlated from four sources: Homer's ''Iliad'',<ref name="Hom">[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D18%3Acard%3D22 18.39β18.51]</ref> [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'',<ref name="Hes">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D240 240β262]</ref> the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' of Pseudo-Apollodorus<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.2.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 1.2.7]</ref> and the ''[[Fabulae]]'' of [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206 Preface]</ref> Because of this, the total number of names goes beyond fifty.<ref name="Greek Myth Link">{{cite web|url=http://www.maicar.com/GML/NEREIDS.html|title=Nereids|last1=Parada|first1=Carlos|website=Greek Mythology Link|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> {| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left" ! rowspan="2" |No. ! rowspan="2" |Name ! colspan="5" |Sources ! rowspan="2" |Notes |- !''{{tooltip|Hom.|Homer}}'' !''{{tooltip|Hes.|Hesiod}}'' !''{{tooltip|Apol.|Pseudo-Apollodorus}}'' !''{{tooltip|Hyg.|Gaius Julius Hyginus}}'' !''Others''<tr><td>1</td><td>[[Actaea (Greek myth)|Actaea]]</td><td >β</td><td>β</td><td >β</td><td >β</td><td></td><td></td></tr> |- |2 |[[Agave (mythology)|Agaue]] |β |β |β |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |3 |[[Amatheia (mythology)|Amatheia]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |4<td>[[Amphinome]] </td> |β | | |β | |Feeds [[Poseidon]]'s flock |- |5 |[[Amphithoe (mythology)|Amphithoe]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |6 |[[Amphitrite]]<td></td><td>β</td><td>β</td> | | |Consort of [[Poseidon]]<br />The name of an [[Oceanids|Oceanid]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.2.2 1.2.2] & [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.4.5 1.4.5]</ref> <tr><td>7</td><td>[[Apseudes (mythology)|Apseudes]]</td><td>β</td><td></td><td></td><td>β</td><td></td><td></td></tr> |- |8 |[[Arethusa (Greek myth)|Arethusa]] | | | |β |<ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.346]</ref> | |- |9 |[[Asia (Greek myth)|Asia]] | | | |β |<ref name=":4">Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.343]</ref> |<small>The name of an Oceanid<ref name="349β361">Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+349 349β361]; Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.2.2 1.2.2]</ref></small> |- |10 |[[Autonoe (mythology)|Autonoe]] | |β |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |11 |[[Beroe (Greek myth)|Beroe]] | | | |β | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.341]; [[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/206/mode/2up 41.153]</ref> |- |12 |[[Callianassa (mythology)|Callianassa]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |13 |[[Callianeira (mythology)|Callianeira]] |β | | | | |Only mentioned by name on the Iliad. |- |14 |[[Calypso (nymphs)|Calypso]] | | |β | | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref name="perseus.tufts.edu">Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+349 349β361]; [[Homeric Hymns|''Homeric Hymn to Demeter'']], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-eng1:398-448 418β423]</ref> |- |15 |[[Ceto (Greek myth)|Ceto]] | | |β | | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca02nonnuoft#page/318/mode/2up 26.355]</ref> Only mentioned by name |- |16 |[[Clio (mythology)|Clio]] | | | |β | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.341]</ref> |- |17 |[[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]] |β |<td></td> |β |<ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.345]</ref> |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small>;<ref>Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+349 349β361]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' 156; [[Tzetzes]], ''[[Chiliades]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=dG0GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA133 4.19.359]</ref> appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |18 |[[Cranto (mythology)|Cranto]] | | |β | | | |- |19 |[[Creneis (mythology)|Creneis]] | | | |β | | |- |20 |[[Cydippe]] | | | |β |<ref name="4.339">Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.339]</ref> |In the train of Cyrene along with her other sisters |- |21 |[[Cymatolege (mythology)|Cymatolege]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |22 |[[Cymo (mythology)|Cymo]] | |β |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |23 |[[Cymodoce (mythology)|Cymodoce]] |β |β | |β |<ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.338]; ''Aeneid'' 5.826; [[Statius]], ''[[Silvae]]'' [https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/StatiusSilvaeBkII.php 2.2.20]</ref> | |- |24 |[[Cymothoe (mythology)|Cymothoe]] |β |β |β |β |<ref>[[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Valerius Flaccus]], 2.605; [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], [https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus5.html 5.394 ff.]</ref> |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |25 |[[Deiopea (mythology)|Deiopea]] | | | |β |<ref name=":4" /> | |- |26 |[[Dero (mythology)|Dero]] | | |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |27 |[[Dexamene (mythology)|Dexamene]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |28 |[[Dione (mythology)#Nymph or sea-nymph|Dione]] | | |β | | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref name="ReferenceA">Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+349 349β361]</ref> |- |29 |[[Doris (Greek myth)|Doris]] |β |β | |β | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref name="349β361"/> |- |30 |[[Doto (mythology)|Doto]] |β |β |β |β |<ref name=":5">Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonautica'' 1.130 ff.</ref> | |- |31 |[[Drymo (mythology)|Drymo]] | | | |β |<ref name=":42">Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.336]</ref> |One of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene |- |32 |[[Dynamene]] |β |β |β |β | | |- |33 |[[Eione (mythology)|Eione]] | |β |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |34 |[[Ephyra (mythology)|Ephyra]] | | | |β |<ref name=":4" /> |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' 275.6; [[Eumelus of Corinth|Eumelus]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA105 fr. 1 Fowler] (apud [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.1.1 2.1.1])</ref> |- |35 |[[Erato (mythology)|Erato]] | |β |β | | | |- |36 |[[Evagore (mythology)|Euagore]] | |β |β | | | |- |37 |[[Euarne (mythology)|Euarne]] | |β | | | | |- |38 |[[Eucrante (mythology)|Eucrante]] | |β |β | | | |- |39 |[[Eudora (mythology)|Eudore]] | |β |β | | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref name="ReferenceA"/> |- |40 |[[Eulimene]] | |β |β | | | |- |41 |[[Eumolpe (mythology)|Eumolpe]] | | |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |42 |[[Eunice (mythology)|Eunice]] | |β |β | | | |- |43 |[[Eupompe (mythology)|Eupompe]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |44 |[[Eurydice (Greek mythology)|Eurydice]] | | | |β | | |- |45 |[[Galene (mythology)|Galene]] | |β | | | | |- |46 |[[Acis and Galatea|Galatea]] |β |β |β |β |<ref name=":5" /> | |- |47 |[[Glauce]] |β |β | |β | | |- |48 |[[Glauconome (mythology)|Glauconome]] | |β |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |49 |[[Halie]] |β |β |β | | | |- |50 |[[Halimede (mythology)|Halimede]] | |β |β | | | |- |51 |[[Hipponoe (mythology)|Hipponoe]] | |β |β | | | |- |52 |[[Hippothoe]] | |β |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |53 |[[Iaera (mythology)|Iaera]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |54 |[[Ianassa (mythology)|Ianassa]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |55 |[[Ianeira]] |β | |β | | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small>;<ref name="perseus.tufts.edu"/> appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |56 |[[Ione (mythology)|Ione]] | | |β | | | |- |57 |[[Iphianassa]] | | | | |<ref>[[Lucian]], ''Dialogi Marini'' 14</ref> |Only mentioned by name |- |58 |[[Laomedeia (mythology)|Laomedeia]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |59 |[[Leiagore (mythology)|Leiagore]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |60 |[[Leucothoe]] | | | |β | | |- |61 |[[Ligeia (mythology)|Ligea]] | | | |β |<ref name=":42" /> | |- |62 |[[Limnoreia (mythology)|Limnoreia]] |β | |β |β | | |- |63 |[[Lycorias]] | | | |β |<ref name="4.339"/> | |- |64 |[[Lysianassa]] | |β |β | | | |- |65 |[[Maera (mythology)|Maera]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |66 |[[Melite (mythology)|Melite]] |β |β |β |β |<ref name=":3">Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 5.825</ref> |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref>''Homeric Hymn to Demeter'', [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-eng1:398-448 418β423]; Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=vczTNMWLGdoC&pg=PA95 Th. 8]</ref> |- |67 |[[Menippe (mythology)|Menippe]] | |β | | | |<small>The name of an Oceanid<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' Th. 6 (Smith and Trzaskoma, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vczTNMWLGdoC&pg=PA95 p. 95]), except where otherwise indicated.</ref></small> |- |68 |[[Nausithoe (mythology)|Nausithoe]] | | |β | | | |- |69 |[[Neaera (mythology)|Neaera]] | | | | | |The name of an Oceanid |- |70 |[[Nemertes (mythology)|Nemertes]] |β |β | |β | | |- |71 |[[Neomeris (mythology)|Neomeris]] | | |β | | | |- |72 |[[Nesaea]] |β |β |β |β |<ref name=":1">Virgil, ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.338]; ''[[Aeneid]]'' 5.826</ref> | |- |73 |[[Neso (mythology)|Neso]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name. Gives her name to [[Neso (moon)|Neso]], one of [[Neptune's moons]]. |- |74 |[[Opis (mythology)|Opis]] | | | |β |<ref name=":4"/> | |- |75 |[[Orithyia|Oreithyia]] |β | | |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |76 |[[Panopea|Panope]] |β | |β |β |<ref name=":5" /> | |- |77 |[[Panopea]] | |β | |β |<ref name=":3" /> | |- |78 |[[Pasithea (mythology)|Pasithea]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |79 |[[Pherusa]] |β |β |β |β | |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |80 |[[Phyllodoce (mythology)|Phyllodoce]] | | | |β |<ref name=":42" /> | |- |81 |[[Plexaure (mythology)|Plexaure]] | | |β | | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref>Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+353 353]</ref> |- |82 |[[Ploto (mythology)|Ploto]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |83 |[[Polynoe]] | |β | | | | |- |84 |[[Polynome (mythology)|Polynome]] | | |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |85 |[[Pontomedusa (mythology)|Pontomedusa]] | | |β | | |Only mentioned by name |- |86 |[[Pontoporeia (mythology)|Pontoporeia]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |87 |[[Pronoe]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |88 |[[Proto (mythology)|Proto]] |β |β |β |β | | |- |89 |[[Protomedeia]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |90 |[[Psamathe (Nereid)|Psamathe]] | |β |β | | | |- |91 |[[Sao (mythology)|Sao]] | |β |β | | |Means 'the rescuer'; only mentioned by name |- |92 |[[Spio|Speio]] |β |β |β |β |<ref name=":1" /> |Appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cried out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus]]. |- |93 |[[Thalia (Nereid)|Thaleia]] |β | | |β |<ref name=":1" /> | |- |94 |[[Themisto (mythology)|Themisto]] | |β | | | |Only mentioned by name |- |95 |[[Thetis]] |β |β |β | |<ref name=":3" /> |Mother of [[Achilles]] |- |96 |[[Thoe]] |β |β | |β | |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref>''Homeric Hymn to Demeter'', [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-eng1:398-448 418β423]</ref> |- |97 |[[Xanthe (mythology)|Xantho]] | | | |β |<ref name=":42" /> |<small>The name of an Oceanid</small><ref name="ReferenceA"/> |- | colspan="2" |'''Total''' |34 |50 |45 |47 | | |}
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