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== Types and individual names == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+List of classified naiads !Name !Location !Notes/ Relation |- |'''''[[Crinaeae]]''''' |fountains | - |- |''The [[Sithnides]]'' |[[Megara]], [[Attica]] |one of them became the mother of [[Megaros]] by Zeus |- |[[Aganippe (naiad)|Aganippe]] |[[Mount Helicon|Mt. Helicon]], [[Boeotia]] |daughter of the river-god [[Permessus|Termessus]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=05B843EF34498A9A89570868F9E514B9?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D29%3Asection%3D5 9.29.5]</ref> |- |[[Appias]] |[[Rome]] |lived in the Appian Well outside the temple to [[Venus Genitrix (goddess)|Venus Genitrix]] in the [[Roman Forum]] |- |[[Myrtoessa]] |[[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]], [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]] |one of the nurses of infant Zeus<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160:book=8:chapter=31&highlight=Myrtoessa 8.31.4]</ref> |- |'''''III. [[Limnades]]''''' |lakes | - |- |''The [[Astakides]]'' |Lake Astacus, [[Bithynia]] |appeared in the myth of [[Nicaea (mythology)|Nicaea]] |- |[[Bolbe]] |Lake Bolbe, Thessaly |an [[Oceanid]] due to her parentage (daughter of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]])<ref>[[Athenaeus]], ''[[Deipnosophistae]]'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Athenaeus/8A*.html 8.334e]</ref> |- |[[Limnaee (mythology)|Limnaee]] |lake in [[India]] |daughter of the [[India]]n river god [[Ganges]]; one of the reputed mothers of [[Athis (mythology)|Athis]] |- |[[Pallas (daughter of Triton)|Pallas]] |[[Lake Tritonis]], [[Libya]] |daughter of [[Triton (mythology)|Triton]] or of [[Poseidon]] and Tritonis; accidentally killed by her playmate, the goddess [[Athena]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.3.]</ref> |- |Tritonis |Lake Tritonis, Libya |mother of [[Nasamon]] and [[Cephalion (mythology)|Caphaurus]] (or Cephalion) by [[Amphithemis]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], [http://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=206 ''Fabulae'' 14]</ref> and according to an archaic version of the myth, also of Athena by Poseidon; she could be also the mother of above Pallas and Athena again by Triton |- |'''''IV. [[Potameides]]''''' |rivers | - |- |''The [[Acheloides]]'' |[[Achelous River]], [[Aetolia]] |daughters of the river god [[Achelous]]; see also Castalia and Callirhoe below |- |• The [[Siren (mythology)|Sirens]] (possibly) |Island of [[Sirenum scopuli|Anthemoessa]] |their mother could be one of the [[Muses]] ([[Terpsichore]], [[Melpomene]] or [[Calliope]]) or [[Sterope]]; they were close companions of the goddess [[Persephone]] before her abduction |- |''The [[Aesepides]]'' |[[Gönen|Aesepus River]], [[Troad]] |daughters of the river god [[Aesepus]] |- |• [[Abarbarea of Troad|Abarbarea]] | -do- |wife of [[Bucolion]] by whom she mothered twin sons, Aesepus and [[Pedasus]]<ref name=":1">[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+6.21&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:Book=6&highlight=Abarbarea 6.21–23]</ref> |- |''The [[Amnisiades]]'' |[[Amnisos|Amnisus River]], [[Crete]] |daughters of the river god [[Amnisos]] who served as handmaidens of the goddess [[Artemis]] |- |''The [[Asopides]]'' |[[Asopos (Boeotia)|Asopus River]], [[Sicyon]] or [[Boeotia]] |daughters of the river god [[Asopus]] and [[Metope (mythology)|Metope]]; all abducted by the gods |- |• [[Aegina (mythology)|Aegina]] |Island of [[Aegina]] |mother of [[Menoetius (mythology)|Menoetius]] by [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]], and [[Aeacus]] by Zeus<ref>Apollodorus, 3.11.2</ref> |- |• [[Asopis]] | - | - |- |• [[Chalcis (mythology)|Chalcis]] |[[Chalcis]], [[Euboea]] |regarded as the mother of the [[Curetes (tribe)|Curetes]] and [[Korybantes|Corybantes]]; perhaps the same as Combe and Euboea below |- |• [[Cleone (mythology)|Cleone]] |[[Archaies Kleones|Cleonae]], Argos | - |- |• [[Combe (mythology)|Combe]] |Island of Euboea |consort of [[Socus]] and mother by him of the seven Corybantes |- |• [[Corcyra (mythology)|Corcyra]] |Island of [[Corfu|Corcyra]] |mother of [[Phaiax]] by Poseidon |- |• [[Euboea (mythology)|Euboea]] |Island of Euboea |abducted by Poseidon |- |• [[Gargaphia (mythology)|Gargaphia]] or [[Plataea (mythology)|Plataia]] or [[Oeroe]] |[[Plataea]], Boeotia |carried off by Zeus |- |• [[Harpina]] |[[Pisa, Greece|Pisa]], [[Ancient Elis|Elis]] |mother of [[Oenomaus]] by [[Ares]] |- |• [[Ismene (daughter of Asopus)|Ismene]]<ref>Apollodorus, 2.6</ref> |Ismenian spring of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], Boeotia |wife of [[Argus (king of Argos)|Argus]], eponymous king of Argus and thus, mother of [[Argus Panoptes]] and [[Iasus (king of Argos)|Iasus]]. |- |• [[Nemea (mythology)|Nemea]] |[[Nemea]], [[Argolis]] |others called her the daughter of Zeus and [[Selene]] |- |• [[Ornea]] |Ornia, Sicyon | - |- |• [[Pirene (mythology)|Peirene]] |[[Corinth]] |others called her father to be [[Oebalus]] or [[Achelous]] by Poseidon she became the mother of [[Lecheas]] and Cenchrias |- |• [[Salamis (mythology)|Salamis]] |Island of [[Salamis Island|Salamis]] |mother of [[Cychreus (mythology)|Cychreus]] by Poseidon |- |• [[Sinope (mythology)|Sinope]] |[[Sinop, Turkey|Sinope]], [[Anatolia]] |mother of [[Syrus]] by [[Apollo]] |- |• [[Tanagra (mythology)|Tanagra]] |[[Tanagra]], Boeotia |mother of [[Leucippus (mythology)|Leucippus]] and Ephippus by [[Poemander (mythology)|Poemander]] |- |• [[List of mythological figures named Thebe|Thebe]] |Thebes, Boeotia |wife of [[Amphion and Zethus|Zethus]] and also said to have consorted with Zeus |- |• [[Thespia (mythology)|Thespeia]] |[[Thespiae|Thespia]], Boeotia |abducted by Apollo |- |''The [[Asterionides]]'' |[[Asterion (god)|Asterion River]], [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] |daughters of the river god [[Asterion (god)|Asterion]]; nurses of the infant goddess [[Hera]] |- |• [[Acraea]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Euboea (mythology)|Euboea]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Prosymna (mythology)|Prosymna]] | -do- | - |- |''The Cephisides'' |[[Cephissus (Boeotia)|Cephissus]] River, Boeotia |daughters of the river god [[Cephissus (mythology)|Cephissus]]; mothers of the 50 sons of [[Orion (mythology)|Orion]] |- |''The Cocythiae'' |[[Cocytus|Cocytus River]], [[Underworld]] |naiads of [[Hades]] |- |''The Erasinides'' |Erasinos River, Argos |daughters of the river god [[Erasinos]]; attendants of the goddess [[Britomartis]]. |- |• [[Anchiroe (mythology)|Anchiroe]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Byze (mythology)|Byze]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Maera (mythology)|Maera]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Melite (Greek mythology)|Melite]] | -do- | - |- |''The Hydaspides'' |[[Jhelum River|Hydaspers River]], India |daughters of the river god [[Hydaspes (mythology)|Hydaspes]] and Astris, they were nurses of the god [[Zagreus]], the first-born Dionysos |- |''The Inachides'' |[[Inachos (river)|Inachos River]], Argos |daughters of the river god [[Inachus]] |- |• [[Io (mythology)|Io]] | -do- |mother of [[Epaphus]] by Zeus |- |• [[Amymone]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Philodice (mythology)|Philodice]]<ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 511</ref> | -do- |wife of [[Leucippus (mythology)|Leucippus]] of [[Messenia]] by whom she became the mother of [[Hilaeira]], [[Phoebe (mythological characters)|Phoebe]] and possibly [[Arsinoe (Greek mythology)|Arsinoe]] |- |• [[Messeis]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Hyperia (mythology)|Hyperia]]<ref>[[Callimachus]], ''Aitia'' fr. 66; [[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Valerius Flaccus]], 4.374 ff.</ref> | -do- | - |- |• [[Mycene (mythology)|Mycene]] | -do- |wife of [[Arestor]] and by him probably the mother of [[Argus Panoptes]]; eponym of [[Mycenae]] |- |''The Lamides'' |[[Limonlu River|Lamos River]], [[Cilicia]] |daughters of the river god Lamos; nurses of the god Dionysus |- |''The Pactolides'' |[[Pactolus|Pactolus River]], [[Lydia]] |appeared in the myth concerning [[Arachne]] |- |''The [[Spercheides]]'' |[[Spercheios|Spercheus River]], [[Malians (Greek tribe)|Malis]] |daughters of the river god [[Spercheus]] and the naiad Deino |- |• [[Diopatra (mythology)|Diopatre]] | -do- |others called her the daughter of Zeus; loved by Poseidon |- |''The Thessalids'' |[[Pineios (Thessaly)|Peneus River]], Thessaly |daughters of the river god [[Peneus]] |- |• [[Daphne]] | -do- |loved by the god Apollo; ''see below entry of Daphne'' |- |• [[Menippe (mythology)|Menippe]] | -do- |wife of [[Pelasgus]], by whom she became the mother of [[Phrastor]] |- |• [[Stilbe]] | -do- |bore to Apollo twin sons, [[Centaurus]] and [[Lapithes (hero)|Lapithus]]. |- |• [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]] | -do- |also called the daughter of Peneus' son Hypseus and mother of Aristaeus and [[Idmon]] by Apollo |- |''Trojan Nymphs or Trojan Naiads'' |[[Karamenderes River|Scamander River]] and Simoeis River, Troad |daughters of the river gods, [[Scamander]] and [[Simoeis]] |- |• [[Callirhoe (Greek mythology)|Callirrhoe]] |Scamander River, Troad |daughter of the river god [[Scamander]]; wife of [[Tros (mythology)|Tros]] and mother of [[Ilus]], [[Assaracus]] and [[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]] |- |• [[Glaucia]] | -do- |daughter of the Trojan river god [[Scamander]]; wife of Deimachus and the mother of Scamander who was named after his grandfather |- |• [[Strymo]] | -do- |wife of King [[Laomedon]] and the mother of King [[Priam]] and [[Tithonus]] |- |• [[Astyoche]] |Simoeis River, Troad |daughter of the river god [[Simoeis]], mother of [[Tros (mythology)|Tros]] by [[Erichthonius of Dardania|Erichthonius]] |- |• [[Hieromneme]] | -do- |daughter of the river-god Simoïs and the wife of [[Assaracus]], by whom she bore [[Capys]] or the daughter-in-law of Assaracus, wife of Capys and mother of [[Anchises]] |- | colspan="3" |''Individual Potameides:'' |- |[[Anchinoe]] |[[Nile|Nile River]], [[Egypt]] |daughter of the river [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]]; wife of the Egyptian King [[Belus (Egyptian)|Belus]]; mother of [[Aegyptus]] and [[Danaus]], and perhaps, [[Cepheus, King of Aethiopia|Cepheus]] and [[Phineus (son of Belus)|Phineus]]. |- |[[Anippe]] |Nile River, Egypt |loved by the god Poseidon by whom she became the mother of [[Busiris (Greek mythology)|Busiris]] |- |[[Argiope (mythology)|Argiope]] |Nile River, Egypt |daughter of the river Nilus; wife of [[Agenor]] and mother of [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]], [[Cilix]] and [[Cadmus]]; commonly known as [[Telephassa]] |- |[[Asterope (Greek mythology)|Asterope]] or [[Hesperia (mythology)|Hesperia]] |Cebren River, Troad |daughter of the river god [[Cebren]] and lover of [[Aesacus]], also called [[Hesperia (mythology)|Hesperia]] |- |[[Caliadne]] |Nile River, Egypt |presumably one of the daughters of the river-god [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]]; one of the wives of [[Aegyptus]], bearing him 12 sons: [[Aegyptus|Eurylochus]], [[Phantes]], [[Peristhenes]], [[Hermus]], [[Dryas (mythology)|Dryas]], [[Potamon (mythology)|Potamon]], [[Cisseus]], [[Aegyptus|Lixus]], [[Imbrus]], [[Bromios]], [[Polyctor]], and [[Chthonios]] |- |[[Chione (daughter of Callirrhoe)|Chione]] |Nile River, Egypt |daughter of the [[Oceanid]] [[Callirrhoe (Oceanid)|Callirrhoe]] and the river god [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]] |- |[[Cleochareia]] |[[Eurotas (river)|Eurotas River]], [[Laconia]] |queen consort of King [[Lelex]] and mother of [[Myles]] and [[Polycaon]] |- |[[Deino (mythology)|Deino]] |Spercheus River, Malis |wife of the river god [[Spercheios]] and by him the mother of [[Diopatra (mythology)|Diopatre]]<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], 22</ref> |- |[[Eunoë]] |Sangarius River, Phrygia |daughter of the river-god Sangarius; she was the possible mother of [[Hecuba]] by [[Dymas of Phrygia|Dymas]]<ref>Scholia on Homer's ''Iliad'' 16. 718 with [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] as the authority</ref> |- |[[Europa (mythology)|Europa]] |Nile River, Egypt |one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus; wife of [[Danaus]] who bore him the [[Daughters of Danaus|Danaides]] |- |[[Eurryroe]] |Nile River, Egypt |one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus; wife of Aegyptus who bore him fifty sons |- |[[Hercyna (mythology)|Hercyna]] |Herkyna River, [[Livadeia|Lebadeia]] |a childhood companion of the goddess Persephone |- |[[Ismenis]] |Ismenos River, Thebes |daughters of the river god [[Ismenus]]; mother, by [[Pan (god)|Pan]], of Crenaeus, a defender of [[Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)|Thebes]] against the [[Seven against Thebes|Seven]] |- |[[Lethe]] |Lethe River, [[Greek underworld|Hades]] |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |- |[[Memphis (mythology)|Memphis]] |Nile River, Egypt |daughter of [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]]; she was the wife to [[Epaphus]] and mother of [[Libya (mythology)|Libya]] and Anippe or [[Lysianassa]] |- |[[Metis (mythology)|Metis]] |[[River Meles|Meles River]], Smyrna |daughter of the river god [[River Meles|Meles]]; mother of [[Homer]] by [[Maeon]] |- |[[Moria (nymph)|Moria]] |[[Gediz River|Hermos River]], Lydia |brother of Tylus |- |[[Nana (Greek mythology)|Nana]] |Sangarius River, Phrygia |daughter of the river-god Sangarius; she was impregnated by an almond from the tree sprung from the severed genitals of [[Agdistis]], giving birth to [[Attis]]. |- |[[Neda (mythology)|Neda]] |[[Neda (river)|Neda River]], Arcadia |daughter of Oceanus; one of the nurses of infant [[Zeus]] |- |[[Ocyrhoe]] |Imbrasus River, Samos |daughter of the river god [[Imbrasus]] and [[Chesias (mythology)|Chesias]]; she was pursued by the god Apollo |- |Ocyrhoe |Sangarius River, Phrygia |daughter of the river-god [[Sangarius (mythology)|Sangarius]]; she was the mother, by [[Hippasus (mythology)|Hippasus]], of [[Hippomedon]] |- |Ocyrhoe |[[Bakırçay|Caicus River]], [[Mysia]] |mother of [[Bakırçay|Caicus]] by [[Hermes]] |- |[[Polyxo]] |Nile River, Egypt or in Libya |presumably one of the daughters of the river-god [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]]; she was one of the wives of [[Danaus]] and bore him 12 daughters: [[Autonoe (mythology)|Autonoe]], [[Theano]], Electra, [[Cleopatra, daughter of Danaus|Cleopatra]], [[Eurydice (Greek mythology)|Eurydice]], [[Glaucippe]], [[Anthelea]], [[Daughters of Danaus|Cleodora]], [[Euippe]], [[Erato (mythology)|Erato]], [[Stygne]] and Bryce |- |[[Styx]] |Styx River, Underworld |an [[Oceanid]]; she was the wife of [[Pallas (Titan)|Pallas]] and thus mother of [[Zelus]], [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]], [[Kratos (mythology)|Kratos]], and [[Bia (mythology)|Bia]] |- |Symaethis |[[Simeto|Symaithos]] River, Sicily |loved by Pan |- |[[Syrinx]] |[[Ladon (river)|Ladon River]], Arcadia |daughter of the river god [[Ladon (mythology)|Ladon]]; pursued by Pan |- |[[Tereine]] |[[Struma (river)|Strymon River]], Thrace |daughter of the river god [[Strymon (mythology)|Strymon]]; mother of [[Thrassa]] by Ares |- |[[Zeuxippe]] |Eridanus River, [[Athens]] |mother of [[Butes]] by [[Teleon]] |- |'''''V. [[Pegaeae]]''''' |springs | - |- |''The [[Anigrides]]'' |Elis |daughters of the river god Anigros, were believed to cure skin diseases<ref>[[Strabo]], 8.3.19</ref><ref>Pausanias, 5.5.11</ref><ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiAnigrides.html Theoi Project - Anigrides]</ref> |- |''The [[Corycian]] Nymphs'' |[[Corycian Cave|Corycian cave]], [[Delphi]], [[Phocis (ancient region)|Phocis]] |daughters of the river god [[Pleistos]] |- |• [[Kleodora]] (or Cleodora) |[[Mount Parnassus|Mt. Parnassus]], Phocis |mother of Parnassus by Poseidon |- |• [[Corycia]] |Corycian cave, Delphi, Phocis |mother of [[Lycoreus]] by [[Apollo]] |- |• [[Melaina]] | -do- |mother of [[Delphus|Delphos]] by [[Apollo]] |- |''The Cyrtonian nymphs'' |Boeotia |local springs in the town of Cyrtones<ref>Pausanias, 9.24.4</ref><ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiKyrtoniai.html Theoi Project - Nymphai Kyrtoniai]</ref> |- |''The [[Deliades]]'' |[[Delos]] |daughters of [[Inopus]], god of the river Inopus<ref>[[Callimachus]], ''Hymn IV to Delos'' 252</ref><ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiDeliades.html Theoi Project - Deliades]</ref> |- |''The Himerian Naiads<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'' 12</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 5.5.1</ref>'' | | |- |''The [[Ionides]]'' |Elis |daughters of the river god Cytherus<ref>Pausanias, 6.22.7</ref> |- |• [[Calliphaea]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Iasis]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Pegaea (mythology)|Pegaea]] | -do- | - |- |• [[Synallaxis (mythology)|Synallaxis]] | -do- | - |- |''The Ithacian nymphs'' |[[Homer's Ithaca|Ithaca]] |dwelled in sacred caves on the island<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 13.96 ff.</ref> |- |''The Leibethrides'' | | |- |• [[Libethrias]] | | |- |• [[Petra (mythology)|Petra]]<ref>Strabo, 9.2.25; 10.3.17</ref><ref>Pausanias, 9.34.4</ref> | | |- |''The Mysian Naiads'' |Bithynia |dwelled in the spring of Pegae near the lake Askanios and were responsible for the kidnapping of [[Hylas]]<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.1225 ff.</ref><ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 14</ref> |- |• [[Euneica]] | | |- |• [[Malis (mythology)|Malis]] | | |- |• [[Nycheia]]<ref>[[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' 13.44</ref> | | |- |''The Ortygian nymphs'' |[[Sicily]] |local springs of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 5.5.1</ref><ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiOrtygiai.html Theoi Project - Naiades Ortygiai]</ref> |- |''The [[Pierides (mythology)|Pierides]]'' | | |- |''The Rhyndacides'' | |daughters of the river god [[Rhyndacus]]<ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiRhyndakides.html Theoi Project - Rhyndacides]</ref> |- | colspan="3" |''Individual Pegaeae:'' |- |[[Albunea]] | | |- |[[Xanderirrhoe|Xanderirhoe]] |[[Mount Ida|Mt. Ida]], Troad |daughter of the river god [[Biga Çayı|Grenikos]]; mother of [[Aesacus]] by [[Priam]]<ref>[[Ovid]], ''Metamorphoses'' 11.762 ff.</ref> |- |[[Archidamia (mythology)|Archidemia]]<ref name="Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 3. 89; in a list of Sicilian springs, of which only Arethousa and Cyane are known to have actually been personified2">[[Pliny the Elder]], ''[[Naturalis Historia|Natural History]]'' 3. 89, in a list of Sicilian springs, of which only Arethousa and Cyane are known to have been personified</ref> | | |- |[[Arethusa (mythology)|Arethusa]] |Island of [[Ortygia]] |daughter of [[Nereus]]<ref>Strabo, 6.2.4</ref><ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 5.407 & 487 ff.</ref><ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 3. 694 ff.</ref> |- |[[Automate (mythology)|Automate]] |Argos | - |- |[[Callirrhoe (daughter of Achelous)|Callirrhoe]] |[[Acarnania]] |mother of [[Amphoterus (son of Alcmaeon)|Amphoterus]] and [[Acarnan]] by [[Alcmaeon (mythology)|Alcmaeon]] |- |[[Castalia]] or [[Cassotis]] |Delphi, Phocis |others called her the daughter of the river god [[Cephissus (mythology)|Cephissus]]<ref>Pausanias, 10.8.9 & 10.24.7</ref> |- |[[Comaetho]] | |daughter or wife of the river god [[Cydnus]]<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 2.143-144 & 40.141-143</ref> |- |[[Cyane]] |Sicily |playmate of [[Persephone]] who was changed into a well through grief at the loss of her |- |[[Dirce]] | |transformed into a spring (presumably into a nymph personifying it) after her death |- |[[Hagno (mythology)|Hagno]] |Arcadia |one of the nurses of infant [[Zeus]] |- |[[Langia (mythology)|Langia]]<ref>[[Statius]], ''Thebaid'' 4.716</ref> | | |- |[[Magea]]<ref name="Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 3. 89; in a list of Sicilian springs, of which only Arethousa and Cyane are known to have actually been personified2" /> | | |- |[[Milichie]]<ref name="Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 3. 89; in a list of Sicilian springs, of which only Arethousa and Cyane are known to have actually been personified2" /> | | |- |[[Metope (mythology)|Metope]] |Arcadia |daughter of the river-god Ladon and wife of [[Asopus]] |- |[[Emathion#Trojan|Pegasis]] | |daughter of the river god Grenikos<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 3.300</ref> |- |[[Peuce (mythology)|Peuce]] |[[Peuce Island]] |mother of [[Peucon]] |- |[[Pharmaceia]] |Attica |nymph of a poisonous spring and [[Orithyia (Athenian)|Orithyia]]'s playmate<ref>[[Plato]], ''Phaedrus'' 229</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2572.html |title=Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 3, page 238 |access-date=2018-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514055321/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2572.html |archive-date=2011-05-14 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> |- |[[Physadeia]] |Argolis | |- |[[Psanis]] |Arcadia |may have been the wife of the river god Ladon |- |[[Salmacis]] | | |- |[[Strophia (mythology)|Strophia]] |[[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] |spring on Mount [[Cithaeron]]; barely personified<ref>Callimachus, ''Hymn 4 to Delos'' 75 ff.</ref> |- |[[Telphousa (mythology)|Telphousa]] |Arcadia |daughter of the river-god [[Ladon (river)|Ladon]] |- |[[Temenitis]]<ref name="Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 3. 89; in a list of Sicilian springs, of which only Arethousa and Cyane are known to have actually been personified2" /> | | |- |[[Theisoa, Greece|Theisoa]] |Arcadia | |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+List of other naiads !Name !Location !Relations |- |[[Aba (mythology)|Aba]] |[[Ciconia]], [[Thrace]] |presumed daughter of the river [[Hebros]]; mother of [[Ergiscus]] by [[Poseidon]]<ref>[[Suda|Suida]], s.v. ''Ergiske''</ref> |- |[[Abarbarea of Tyre|Abarbarea]] |[[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] |ancestors of the [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyrians]] along with [[Callirrhoe (Oceanid)|Callirrhoe]] and [[Drosera (naiad)|Drosera]] |- |[[Aegle (mythology)|Aegle]] | - |daughter of [[Zeus]] and [[Neaera (Greek mythology)|Neaera]], by whom [[Helios]] begot the [[Charites]] |- |Aia |[[Colchis]] |loved by the river-god [[Phasis (river)|Phasis]]. |- |[[Alcinoe]] |Mt. Lycaeus, [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]] |one of the nurses of the god Zeus |- |[[Anchiroe]] |Arcadia |one of the nurses of the god Zeus |- |Anchiroe |[[Libya]] |wife of the [[Psylli]] tribe's first king [[Psyllus]] |- |[[Annaed]] | - | - |- |[[Anthedon (mythology)|Anthedon]] |[[Boeotia]] | - |- |[[Anthracia (mythology)|Anthracia]] |Arcadia |one of the nurses of the god Zeus |- |[[Argiope (mythology)|Argiope]] |[[Mount Parnassus|Mt. Parnassus]], [[Phocis (ancient region)|Phocis]] |possibly the daughter of the river-god [[Cephissus (mythology)|Cephissus]], mother of [[Thamyris]] by [[Philammon]] |- |[[Argiope (mythology)|Argiope]] |[[Eleusis]] |possibly the daughter of the river-god Cephissus, mother of [[Cercyon]] by [[Branchus]] |- |[[Argyra (mythology)|Argyra]] |[[Achaea (ancient region)|Achaea]] |loved by the hero [[Selemnus (god)|Selemnus]] |- |[[Ascra]] |Boeotia |loved by [[Poseidon]] who bore him a son [[Oeoclus]] |- |[[Asterodia]] |[[Caucasus]] |daughter of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]; loved by the Colchian king [[Aeëtes|Aeetes]] by whom she had a son [[Absyrtus|Apsyrtus]] |- |[[Asterope (Greek mythology)|Asterope]] |[[Sicily]] |an Oceanid; mother of [[Acragas (mythology)|Acragas]] by Zeus |- |[[Bateia]] |[[Sparta]] |married King [[Oebalus]] of [[Sparta]] and mother of their sons were [[Hippocoon]], [[Tyndareus]] and [[Icarius]] |- |[[Bistonis]] |[[Thrace]] |mother of [[Tereus]] by Ares |- |[[Byzia (related to Byzantium)|Byzia]] |[[Byzantium]] | - |- |[[Callirhoe (mythology)|Callirrhoe]] |Tyre |ancestors of the [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyrians]] along with [[Abarbarea of Tyre|Abarbarea]] and [[Drosera (naiad)|Drosera]] |- |[[Ceto (Greek myth)|Ceto]] | - |an Oceanid; she bore Helios a daughter, [[Astris]] |- |[[Chesias (mythology)|Chesias]] |[[Samos]] |loved by the river god Imbrasis |- |[[Charybdis]] | - |daughter of [[Poseidon]] and [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] |- |[[Chlidanope]] |possibly Thessaly |wife of Hypseus and mother Cyrene |- |[[Cleide]] |[[Naxos]] |one of the nurses of the god [[Dionysus]] |- |[[Cleomede]] |[[Paeonia (kingdom)|Paeonia]] |daughter of the river god [[Axius (mythology)|Axius]]; she was the wife of [[Paeon (myth)|Paeon]] |- |[[Clonia (nymph)|Clonia]] |Boeotia |consort of [[Hyrieus]] and by him became the mother of [[Nycteus]] and [[Lycus (brother of Nycteus)|Lycus]] |- |[[Cnossia (mythology)|Cnossia]] |[[Crete]] |mother of [[Xenodamos]] by [[Menelaus]] when he visited the island |- |[[Coronis (mythology)|Coronis]] |Naxos |one of the nurses of the god [[Dionysus]] |- |[[Critheïs|Cretheis]] |[[Smyrna]], [[Ionia]] |mother of [[Homer]] by the river god [[River Meles|Meles]] |- |[[Creusa]] |[[Thessaly]] |daughter of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]]; she bore [[Hypseus]] and [[Stilbe]] to the river god [[Peneus]] |- |Cyanea |[[Miletus]], [[Caria]] |daughter of the river [[Meander (mythology)|Meander]]; wife of king Miletos and mother by him of [[Caunus]] and [[Byblis]] |- |Danais |[[Ancient Elis|Elis]] |she was loved by the Pisan king [[Pelops]] by whom she became the mother of his bastard son, [[Chrysippus (mythology)|Chrysippus]] |- |[[Daphne]] |[[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]] or Laconia |daughter of the river-god [[Ladon (river)|Ladon]] or of king [[Amyclas]]; loved by the god Apollo |- |[[Daulis (mythology)|Daulis]] |Boeotia |daughter of the river-god Cephisus |- |[[Dercetis]] |Boeotia |mother of [[Alatreus]] by [[Laphitaon]] |- |[[Diogeneia]] |[[Attica]] |daughter of the river-god Cephisus; the wife of the Athenian lord [[Phrasimos]] and mother by him of [[Praxithea]] |- |[[Drosera (naiad)|Drosera]] |Tyre |ancestors of the [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyrians]] along with [[Abarbarea of Tyre|Abarbarea]] and Callirhoe |- |[[Echenais]] |Sicily |blinded his unfaithful lover [[Daphnis]] |- |[[Eupheme (deity)|Eupheme]] |Boeotia |nurse of the Muses; mother of Crotus by [[Pan (god)|Pan]] |- |[[Evadne]] |[[Argolis]] |daughter of [[Strymon (mythology)|Strymon]] and [[Neaera (Greek mythology)|Neaera]], wife of [[Argus (king of Argos)|Argus]] (king of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]]), mother of [[Ecbasus]], [[Piras (mythology)|Peiras]], [[Epidaurus (mythology)|Epidaurus]] and [[Criasus]] |- |[[Glauce]] |Arcadia |one of the nurses of [[Zeus]] |- |[[Hagno (mythology)|Hagno]] |Arcadia |one of the nurses of [[Zeus]] |- |[[Harmonia (nymph)|Harmonia]] |Acmonia, Phrygia |mother of the [[Amazons]] by Ares |- |[[Hippe]] |Argolis | - |- |[[Larunda|Lara]] |[[Rome]] |daughter of the river [[Almo (god)|Almo]]; mother of the [[Lares]] by [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] |- |[[Lilaea]] |[[Phocis]] |daughter of the local river-god Cephisus |- |[[Liriope (nymph)|Liriope]] |Phocis |bore a son [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]] to the river-god Cephisus |- |[[Lotis (mythology)|Lotis]] |[[Dryopes|Dryopia]]/ [[Doris (Greece)|Doris]] |escape from the embraces of [[Priapus]] was metamorphosed into a tree |- |[[Melanthea]] | - |daughter of the river-god [[Alpheus (deity)|Alpheus]]; she bore to [[Poseidon]] a daughter, [[Eirene (daughter of Poseidon)|Eirene]] |- |[[Melia (consort of Inachus)|Melia]] |Argolis |an Oceanid; mother, by [[Inachus]], of [[Phoroneus]] and [[Aegialeus (King of Argos)|Aegialeus]] |- |[[Melia (consort of Apollo)|Melia]] |Boeotia |an Oceanid; mother, by [[Apollo]], of [[Tenerus (son of Apollo)|Tenerus]] and [[Ismenus]] |- |[[Melia (consort of Poseidon)|Melia]] |[[Bithynia]] |mother, by [[Poseidon]], of [[Mygdon of Bebryces|Mygdon]] and [[Amykos|Amycus]], kings of [[Bebryces]] |- |[[Melia (mythology)|Melia]] |[[Bithynia]] |she was the mother by [[Silenus]] of [[Dolionians|Dolion]] |- |[[Melia (mythology)|Melia]] |[[Kea (island)|Ceos]] |mother, by [[Apollo]], of Ceos |- |[[Melite (Greek mythology)|Melite]] |Corcyra |daughter of the river-god [[Aegaeus]] and mother of [[Hyllus]] by [[Heracles]] |- |[[Methone (mythology)|Methone]] |[[Pieria (regional unit)|Pieria]] |mother of [[Oeagrus]] by [[Pierus (king of Macedonia)|Pierus]] |- |[[Mideia|Midea]] |Boeotia |mother of Aspledon by [[Poseidon]] |- |[[Minthe]] |Elis |daughter of [[Cocytus]]; loved by the god [[Hades]] but as punishment her boasts was transformed by Persephone or [[Demeter]] into a mint-plant |- |[[Nacole]] |Phrygia |eponym of Nacoleia |- |[[Naïs (mythology)|Nais]] |Laconia |wife of [[Silenus]] |- |[[Neaera (Greek mythology)|Neaera]] |Thrace |wife of the river-god [[Strymon (mythology)|Strymon]], and mother of [[Evadne]] |- |[[Neaera (Greek mythology)|Neaera]] |Lydia |mother of Dresaeus by [[Theiodamas]] |- |[[Neis (mythology)|Neis]] | - |mother of [[Aetolus (son of Endymion)|Aetolus]] by [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]] |- |[[Nicaea (mythology)|Nicaea]] |Bithynia |daughter of the river-god [[Sangarius (mythology)|Sangarius]] and [[Cybele]]. By the god of wine, [[Dionysus]], she mothered [[Telete]] (consecration) |- |[[Nomia (mythology)|Nomia]] |Arcadia |companion of Callisto |- |[[Nonacris (mythology)|Nonacris]] |Arcadia |wife of [[Lycaon (king of Arcadia)|Lycaon]] and the mother of [[Callisto (mythology)|Callisto]] |- |[[Ocyrhoe]] |Colchis |mother of [[Phasis (river)|Phasis]] by [[Helios]] |- |[[Orseis]] |Thessaly |mother of [[Dorus]], [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] and [[Xuthus]] by [[Hellen]] |- |[[Ortygia (mythology)|Ortygia]] |[[Lycia]] |nurse of Apollo |- |[[Pareia|Paria]] |[[Paros]] |mother of [[Eurymedon (mythology)|Eurymedon]], [[Nephalion]], [[Chryses]] and Philolaus by [[Minos]] |- |[[Periboea]] |Laconia |wife of [[Icarius of Sparta|Icarius]], mother of [[Penelope]], [[Perilaus]], Aletes, Damasippus, Imeusimus and Thoas |- |[[Pero (mythology)|Pero]] |[[Sicyon]] |mother of Asopus by Poseidon |- |[[Philia (mythology)|Philia]] |Naxos |one of the nurses of the god [[Dionysus]] |- |[[Phrixa (mythology)|Phrixa]] |Arcadia |one of the nurses of Zeus |- |[[Pitane (nymph)|Pitane]] |Laconia |daughter of the river god [[Eurotas]], became by Poseidon the mother of Evadne |- |[[Praxithea]] |Athens |married [[Erichthonius of Athens]] and by him had a son named [[Pandion I]] |- |[[Pronoe]] |Lycia |mother of [[Aegialus]] by [[Caunus]] |- |[[Rhodope (mythology)|Rhodope]] |Thrace |mother of [[Hebros]] by [[Haemus]] and of [[Cicon]] by Apollo<ref>''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' [https://archive.org/details/etymologikontome00etymuoft/page/n251/mode/1up?view=theater 513, 37, under ''Kikones'']</ref> |- |Samia |Samos |wife of Ancaeus |- |[[Sparta (mythology)|Sparta]] |Sparta |daughter of the river god Eurotas; mother of Amyclas and Eurydice by [[Lacedaemon (mythology)|Lacedaemon]] |- |[[Syllis (mythology)|Syllis]] |Sicyon |mother of [[Zeuxippus of Sicyon|Zeuxippus]] by Apollo |- |[[Thronia]] |Thrace |mother of [[Abderus]] by Poseidon |- |[[Tiasa]] |Sparta |daughter of the river god Eurotas |}
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