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Hylas and the Nymphs is an 1896 oil painting by John William Waterhouse.The painting depicts a moment from the Greek and Roman legend of the tragic youth Hylas, based on accounts by Ovid and other ancient writers, in which the enraptured Hylas is abducted by Naiads (female water nymphs) while seeking drinking water.
Potamides (/ ˌ p oʊ ˈ t æ m ɪ ˌ d iː z /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ποταμίδες) [2] were a type of water nymph of Greco-Roman mythology. They were assigned to a class of nymphs of fresh water known as naiads and as such belonged to a category that presided over rivers and streams. [3]
The Ithacian nymphs: Ithaca: dwelled in sacred caves on the island [25] The Leibethrides • Libethrias • Petra [26] [27] The Mysian Naiads: Bithynia dwelled in the spring of Pegae near the lake Askanios and were responsible for the kidnapping of Hylas [28] [29] • Euneica • Malis • Nycheia [30] The Ortygian nymphs: Sicily: local springs ...
Immature mayflies are aquatic and are referred to as nymphs or naiads. In contrast to their short lives as adults, they may live for several years in the water. They have an elongated, cylindrical or somewhat flattened body that passes through a number of instars (stages), moulting and increasing in size each time.
Naiads in Greek mythology are one of the many nymphs, also known as the :nymph of flowing water" [3] They live in springs, rivers, fountains and lakes. Naiads are represented as "beautiful, lighthearted and beneficent." [3] Calliphaea is a naiad, along with her three sisters, Synallasis, Pegaea and Iasis.
In Greek mythology, Nicaea (/ n aɪ ˈ s iː ə / nye-SEE-ə) or Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια, romanized: Níkaia, pronounced [nǐːkai̯a]) is a Naiad nymph ("the Astacid nymph", as referred to by Nonnus) of the springs or fountain of the ancient Greek colony of Nicaea in Bithynia (in northwestern Asia Minor) or else the goddess of the adjacent lake Ascanius.
Cyane (sometimes anglicized as "Kyane") was a naiad, a freshwater nymph. After witnessing Hades's abduction of Persephone and trying to prevent it, Cyane was turned to liquid by Hades. [ 1 ] In Ovid 's version, she dissolved away in tears upon failing to save her friend and melted into her pool.
Najas marina is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names spiny water nymph, spiny naiad and holly-leaved naiad.It is an extremely widespread species, reported across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas and many oceanic islands.