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In Greek mythology, the Ionides [pronunciation? ] ( Ancient Greek : Ἰωνίδες) were a sisterhood of water nymphs . Their individual names were Calliphaea , Synallasis (or Synallaxis), Pegaea and Iasis .
In Greek mythology, Calliphaea (Ancient Greek: Καλλιφάεια Kalliphaeia) was one of the Ionides nymphs whose spring waters were believed to cure diseases. She was an Elean naiad-daughter of the river-god Cytherus and sister to Synallasis, Pegaea and Iasis. [1]
In Greek mythology, Pegaea (Ancient Greek: Πηγαία, meaning 'from a spring') was one of the Ionides nymphs whose spring waters were believed to cure diseases. She was an Elean naiad, daughter of the river-god Cytherus and sister to Synallasis, Calliphaea and Iasis. [1]
The Ionides [11] • Calliphaea • Iasis • Pegaea • Messeis • Synallaxis The Ithacian nymphs dwelled in sacred caves on Ithaca [12] The Leibethrides [13] [14] • Libethrias • Petra The Mysian Naiads dwelled in the spring of Pegae near the lake Askanios in Bithynia and were responsible for the kidnapping of Hylas [15] [16] • Euneica ...
So, in the back-story of the myth of Aristaeus, Hypseus, a king of the Lapiths, married Chlidanope, a naiad, who bore him Cyrene. Aristaeus had more than ordinary mortal experience with the naiads: when his bees died in Thessaly, he went to consult them. His aunt Arethusa invited him below the water's surface, where he was washed with water ...
In Greek mythology, Ione (Ancient Greek: Ἰόνη) was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [1] [2]
'renowned') is a water nymph, daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. She is thus one of the 3,000 Oceanid nymphs, and sister to the 3,000 river-gods. According to the myth, Clytie loved the sun-god Helios in vain, but he left her for another woman, the princess Leucothoe, under the influence of Aphrodite, the
In Greek mythology, Alseids (/ æ l ˈ s iː ɪ d z /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλσηΐδες, romanized: Alsēḯdes) were nymphs who inhabited groves. [1]They are mentioned by Apollonius of Rhodes, [2] who relates that the woman Cleite hangs herself after the death of her husband, Cyzicus, who was killed by the hero Jason. [3]