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It is not known whether the name Nereus was known to Homer or not, but the name of the Nereids is attested before it, and can be found in the Iliad. [3] Since Nereus only has relevance as the father of the Nereids, it has been suggested that his name could actually be derived from that of his daughters; [4] while the derivation of the Nereids from Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been ...
Nereid, or Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the Solar System . [ 4 ] It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered, by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.
The naiads were also believed to exhibit jealous tendencies. Theocritus 's story of naiad jealousy was that of a shepherd, Daphnis , who was the lover of Nomia or Echenais; Daphnis had on several occasions been unfaithful to Nomia and as revenge she permanently blinded him.
Triton was discovered by William Lassell in 1846, just seventeen days after the discovery of Neptune. [3] Nereid was discovered by Gerard P. Kuiper in 1949. [4] The third moon, later named Larissa, was first observed by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larry A. Lebofsky and David J. Tholen on 24 May 1981.
The name of a Nereid [34] Asterodia [35] Asterope [36] Beroe [37] The name of a Nereid [34] Callirhoe [38] Calypso The name of a Nereid; [39] "probably not" the same as the Calypso who was the lover of Odysseus [40] Camarina [41] Capheira [42] Cerceis Ceto [43] The name of a Nereid [39] Chryseis Clio [44] The name of a Nereid [34] and a muse ...
Fiction set on Neptune's moons (1 C, 2 P) N. Neso group (3 P) P. ... Naiad (moon) Nereid (moon) Neso (moon) P. Proteus (moon) Psamathe (moon) S. S/2002 N 5; S/2021 N ...
Naiad was discovered sometime before mid-September 1989 from the images taken by the Voyager 2 probe. The last moon to be discovered during the flyby, it was designated S/1989 N 6 . [ 12 ] The discovery was announced on 29 September 1989, in the IAU Circular No. 4867, and mentions "25 frames taken over 11 days", implying a discovery date of ...
Ceto, a "naiad daughter of Oceanos" and thus one of the Oceanids. Her mother was probably the Titaness Tethys. [1] Ceto bore Helios a daughter, Astris. [4] Ceto, the Nereid of sea-monsters [5] and one of the 50 sea nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [6]