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  2. Hylas and the Nymphs (painting) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Naiad - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Calliphaea - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Potamides - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. The Oceanids (The Naiads of the Sea) - Wikipedia

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    The subject of The Oceanids (The Naiads of the Sea) is from the ancient Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound, traditionally attributed to Aeschylus. [2] The painting depicts a group of Oceanids—ocean nymphs from Greek mythology—gathered at a rock in the ocean. The nude Oceanids lie on the rock or in the water in contorted positions; a group of ...

  7. Cyane - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Pegaeae - Wikipedia

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    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 • Malis • Nycheia [17] The Ortygian nymphs local springs of Syracuse, Sicily ...

  9. Nicaea (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    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.

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