Editing Oread

{{Short description|Type of nymph in Greek mythology}}
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[[File:William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Les Oréades.jpg|thumb|''[[Les Oréades]]'' (1902) by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]], in [[Musée d'Orsay]] ]]

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Oreads''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɔː|r|i|ˌ|æ|d|,_|ˈ|ɔː|r|i|ə|d}}; {{langx|grc|Ὀρειάς|Oreiás}}) or '''Orestiads''' ({{IPAc-en|ɔː|ˈ|r|ɛ|s|t|i|ˌ|æ|d|,_|-|i|ə|d}}; {{langx|grc|Ὀρεστιάδες|Orestiádes|label=none}}) are mountain [[nymph]]s.<ref>Hard, p. 210; ''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Nymphs.</ref> They are described as being companions of [[Artemis]], or as being found alongside gods such as [[Pan (god)|Pan]] or [[Dionysus]].<ref>''[[Pauly encyclopedias|RE]]'', s.v. Oreaden.</ref>

A 2nd-century AD epigram relates that, with the help of the daughters of [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]], they erected a place of worship in honour of the woman Isidora, who died by drowning.<ref>''[[Pauly encyclopedias|RE]]'', s.v. Oreaden.</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* ''[[Brill's New Pauly]]: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 9'', Mini &ndash; Obe, edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2006. {{ISBN|9004122729}}.
* Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', London and New York, Routledge, 2004. {{ISBN|020344633X}}. {{DOI|10.4324/9780203446331}}.
* ''[[Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft]]'', Band XVIII, Halbband 1, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1939. [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Paulys_Realencyclop%C3%A4die_der_classischen_Altertumswissenschaft Wikisource].

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