Editing Nymph (section)

=== Others ===
The following is a selection of names of the nymphs whose class was not specified in the source texts. For lists of Naiads, Oceanids, Dryades etc., see respective articles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Individual names of some of the nymphs
!Names
!Location
!Relations and Notes
|-
|[[Alphesiboea]]
|India
|loved by Dionysus<ref>[[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''De fluviis'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ps.+Plut.+Fluv.+24&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0400 24]</ref>
|-
|[[Aora (mythology)|Aora]]
| rowspan="2" |Crete
|[[eponym]] of the town Aoros in [[Crete]]<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Ethnica'' s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#A154.3 Aōros]''</ref>
|-
|[[Areia (mythology)|Areia]]
|daughter of [[Cleochus]] and mother of [[Miletus]] by Apollo<ref name="Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 1. 2">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.1.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=1&highlight=Aria 3.1.2]</ref>
|-
|[[Axioche]] or [[Danais (mythology)|Danais]]
|Elis
|mother of [[Chrysippus (mythology)|Chrysippus]] by [[Pelops]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Euripides]], ''Orestes'', 4; on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 1.144</ref><ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Parallela minora'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0219%3Asection%3D33 33]</ref>
|-
|[[Brettia]]
|Mysia
|eponym of Abrettene, [[Mysia]]<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#A8.18 Abrettēnē]''</ref>
|-
|[[Brisa (mythology)|Brisa]]
|
|brought up the god Dionysus<ref>Schol. ad ''Pers. Sat. i. 76.''</ref>
|-
|[[Calybe]]
|Troy
|mother of [[Bucolion]], [[Laomedon]]<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=12&highlight=Calybe 3.12.3]</ref>
|-
|[[Carmenta|Carmentis]] or Carmenta
|[[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]
|She had a son with [[Hermes]], called [[Evander of Pallene|Evander]]. Her son was the founder of [[Pallantium]], one of the cities that was merged later into [[ancient Rome]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 2.1 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.31.1}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chalcea]]
|
|mother of Olympus by Zeus<ref name="autogenerated1">[[Pseudo-Clement]], ''[[Clementine Recognitions|Recognitions]]'' 10.21–23</ref>
|-
|[[Chania (mythology)|Chania]]
|
|a lover of [[Heracles]]
|-
|[[Chariclo]]
|Thebes
|mother of [[Tiresias]] by [[Everes (mythology)|Everes]]<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.6.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=6&highlight=Chariclo 3.6.7]</ref>
|-
|Charidia
|
|mother of [[Alchanus]] by Zeus<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
|-
|[[Chryse (mythology)|Chryse]]
|[[Lemnos]]
|fell in love with [[Philoctetes]]<ref>[[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes (Sophocles play)|Philoctetes]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0194%3Acard%3D1314:highlight 1327]</ref>
|-
|[[Cirrha]]
|Phocis
|eponym of [[Crissa|Cirrha]] in [[Phocis]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.37.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=10:chapter=37&highlight=Cirrha 10.37.5]</ref>
|-
|[[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]]
|
|mother of Tlesimenes by [[Parthenopaeus]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#71 71]</ref>
|-
|[[Cretheis (mythology)|Cretheis]]
|
|briefly mentioned in [[Suda]]<ref>[[Suda|Suida]], s.v. ''Kretheus''</ref>
|-
|[[Crimisa (mythology)|Crimisa]]
|Italy
|eponym of [[Krimisa|a city]] in Italy<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#K385.1 Krimisa]''</ref>
|-
|[[Deiopea (mythology)|Deiopea]]
|
|one of [[Hera|Hera's]] nymphs who was promised to [[Aeolus (Odyssey)|Aeolus]]<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 1.71-75</ref>
|-
|[[Dodone (mythology)|Dodone]]
|[[Dodona]]
|eponym of Dodona<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#D246.6 Dodone]''</ref>
|-
|[[Echemeia]]
|Cos
|spelled "Ethemea" by [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], consort of [[Merops (mythology)|Merops]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Astronomica'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.16.2 2.16.2]</ref>
|-
|[[Eidothea (Greek myth)|Eidothea]]
|[[Mount Othrys|Mt. Othrys]]
|mother by Eusiros of [[Cerambus]]<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], 22 vs ''Cerambus''</ref>
|-
|[[Eunoë]]
|Phrygia
|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>
|-
|[[Eunoste]]
|Boeotia ''(possibly)''
|nurse of [[Eunostus (hero)|Eunostus]]<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Quaestiones Graecae'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0215%3Asection%3D40 40]</ref>
|-
|[[Euryte]]
|Athens
|mother of [[Halirrhothius]] by Poseidon<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=14&highlight=Euryte 3.14.2]</ref>
|-
|[[Harmonia (nymph)|Harmonia]]
|Akmonian Wood, near [[Themiscyra (Pontus)|Themiscyra]]
|mother of the [[Amazons]] by [[Ares]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Book 2 |url=http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/AresFamily.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ARGONAUTICA BOOK 2 |url=http://sacred-texts.com/cla/argo/argo23.htm}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hegetoria]]
|[[Rhodes]]
|consort of [[Ochimus]]<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#57.7 5.57.7]</ref>
|-
|[[Hemera (Greek myth)|Hemera]]
|
|mother of Iasion by Zeus
|-
|[[Himalia (mythology)|Himalia]]
|Rhodes
|mother of [[Cronius (mythology)|Cronius]], [[Spartaeus (mythology)|Spartaios]], and [[Cytus (mythology)|Cytos]] by Zeus<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#55.5 5.55.5]</ref>
|-
|[[Hyale (mythology)|Hyale]]
|
|belongs to the train of Artemis<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028%3Abook%3D3%3Acard%3D138 3.155]</ref>
|-
|Hyllis
|[[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]]
|possible eponym of the tribe Hylleis and the city Hylle<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#Y647.2 Hylleis]''</ref>
|-
|[[Idaea]]
|Crete
|mother of Cres<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#K383.21 Krētē]''</ref> and Asterion<ref name="autogenerated1" /> by Zeus
|-
|[[Idaea of Troad|Idaea]]
|Mt. Ida, Troad
|mother of [[Teucer]] by [[Scamander]]<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D12%3Asection%3D1 3.12.1]</ref>
|-
|[[Ithome (mythology)|Ithome]]
|Messenia
|one of the nurses of Zeus<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+4.+33.+1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=4:chapter=33&highlight=Ithome 4.33.1]</ref>
|-
|[[Laodice (Greek myth)|Laodice]]
|Argolis ''(possibly)''
|mother of Apis by [[Phoroneus]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
|-
|[[Leucophryne (mythology)|Leucophryne]]
|Magnesia ''(possibly)''
|priestess of Artemis Leucophryne
|-
|[[Lotis (mythology)|Lotis]]
|
|pursued by Priapus and was changed into a tree that bears her name<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/143#1.415 1.416] & [https://topostext.org/work/143#1.415 1.423]; ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028 9.347]</ref>
|-
|[[Ma (nymph)|Ma]]
|
|nymph in the suite of Rhea who nursed Zeus
|-
|[[Melanippe]]
|Attica ''(possibly)''
|married [[Itonus]], son of [[Amphictyon]]<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.+1.+1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=9:chapter=1&highlight=Melanippe 9.1.1]</ref>
|-
|[[Melissa]]
|Crete
|nurse of Zeus<ref>[[Lactantius]], ''[[The Divine Institutes|Divine Institutes]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/543#1.22.3 1.22.3]</ref>
|-
|[[Mendeis]]
|Thrace
|consort of [[Sithon (mythology)|Sithon]]<ref name="Conon, Narrations, 10">[[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]], ''Narrations'' 10</ref>
|-
|[[Menodice]]
|
|daughter of Orion and mother of [[Hylas]] by [[Theiodamas]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.2 14]</ref>
|-
|[[Methone (Greek myth)|Methone]]
|Pieria
|mother of [[Oeagrus]] by King [[Pierus of Emathia]]<ref>''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/348/348-h/348-h.htm#link2H_4_0021 Of the Origin of Homer and Hesiod and their Contest, Fragment 1.]'' Translated by Evelyn-White.</ref>
|-
|[[Myrmex (mythology)|Myrmex]]
|Attica
|beloved companion of [[Athena]] whom she turned into an ant<ref>[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]. ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology]]'' s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=myrmex-bio-1&highlight=myrmex Myrmex]</ref>
|-
|[[Nacole]]
|Phrygia
|eponym of Nacoleia in Phrygia<ref>Suida, s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/240#nu.19 Nakoleia]''</ref>
|-
|[[Neaera (consort of Helios)|Neaera]]
|Thrinacia
|mother of Lampetia and Phaethusa by Helios<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 12.133 ff</ref>
|-
|Neaera
|
|mother of Aegle by Zeus{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
|-
|Neaera
|Lydia
|mother of [[Dresaeus]] by [[Theiodamas]]<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 1.290–291</ref>
|-
|[[Nymphe (mythology)|Nymphe]]
|Samothrace
|mother of [[Saon (mythology)|Saon]] by Zeus<ref name="Dionysius2">[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], ''Antiquitates Romanae'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1C*.html#61.3 1.61.3]</ref>
|-
|[[Oeneis (mythology)|Oeneis]]
|
|mother of Pan by Hermes<ref>Scholiast ad [[Theocritus]], 1.3</ref>
|-
|[[Oenoe (mythology)|Oinoie]]
|Sicinus
|mother of [[Sicinus (mythology)|Sicinus]] by [[Thoas (king of Lemnos)|Thoas]]<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.620 ff with scholia on 1.623</ref>
|-
|[[Olbia (mythology)|Olbia]]
|Bithynia
|mother of [[Astacus (mythology)|Astacus]] by Poseidon<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#A137.14 Astakos]''</ref>
|-
|[[Paphia (mythology)|Paphia]]
|
|possibly the mother of [[Cinyras]] by [[Eurymedon (mythology)|Eurymedon]]<ref>Scholia on [[Pindar]], ''Pythian Ode'' 2.28</ref>
|-
|[[Pareia]]
|Paros
|mother of four sons by [[Minos]]<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.1.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=1&highlight=Paria 3.1.2]</ref>
|-
|[[Polydora]]
|
|one of the [[Danaïdes]]<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#32 32]</ref>
|-
|[[Pyronia (mythology)|Pyronia]]
|
|mother of Iasion by Minos
|-
|[[Psalacantha]]
|Icaria
|changed into a plant by Dionysus<ref>[[Ptolemy Hephaestion]], ''New History'' 5 in [[Photius]], ''Myrobiblion'' 190</ref>
|-
|[[Rhene (mythology)|Rhene]]
|Mt. Cyllene, Arcadia
|consorted with [[Oileus]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.728</ref>
|-
|[[Semystra (nymph)|Semestra]]
|Thrace
|nurse of [[Keroessa]]<ref name="Dionysius of Byzantium">{{cite web| url = https://topostext.org/work/619#24| title = Dionysius of Byzantium, Anaplous of the Bosporos, §24}}</ref>
|-
|[[Teledice]]
|Argolis ''(possibly)''
|a consort of Phoroneus<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=2:chapter=1&highlight=Teledice 2.1.1]
</ref>
|-
|[[Thalia (nymph)|Thalia]]
|Sicily
|mother of the [[Palici]] by Zeus<ref>[[Macrobius]], ''Saturnalia'' 5.19.15</ref>
|-
|[[Thisbe (mythology)|Thisbe]]
|Boeotia
|eponym of the town of Thisbe<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.32.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=9:chapter=3&highlight=Thisbe 9.32.3]</ref>
|-
|[[Tithorea (mythology)|Tithorea]]
|Mt. Parnassus, Phocis
|eponym of the town of Tithorea (previously called Neon)<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.+32.+9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=10:chapter=39&highlight=Tithorea 10.32.9]</ref>
|}