In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides (/ˈnɪəriɪdz/ NEER-ee-idz; Ancient Greek: Νηρηΐδες, romanized: Nērēḯdes; sg. Νηρηΐς, Nērēḯs, also Νημερτές)...
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Look up Nereid, nereid, nereids, or spio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Nereid is a sea nymph in Greek mythology. Nereid or Nereids may also refer...
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Nereids Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine British Museum page, ref GR 1848.10-20.81 (Sculpture 909) Robinson, Thurstan (1995), "The Nereid Monument...
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Gauguin Tritons and Nereids, 1500 painting by Piero di Cosimo Other Triton and Nereid, two Moons of Neptune Triton (disambiguation) Nereid (disambiguation)...
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the name of the Nereids is attested before it, and can be found in the Iliad. Since Nereus only has relevance as the father of the Nereids, it has been suggested...
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proposed the name in the report of his discovery. It is named after the Nereids, sea-nymphs of Greek mythology and attendants of the god Neptune. It was...
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Psamathe sends a giant wolf at Peleus' herd. Psamathe is one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of Nereus and Doris. By Aeacus, the king of Aegina, she is the...
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19th century sealers. The feature is named after the Nereids, sea nymphs of Greek mythology. Nereid Lake is situated just west of Agüedo Point and centred...
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Greek: Θάλεια Tháleia "the joyous, the abundance") was one of the fifty Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid...
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Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (redirect from Nereids (organization))
help-for-hire organization called Nereids (inspired by the Greek mythological Nereids). With nowhere to go, Maia joins up with Nereids, taking jobs from capturing...
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Amphitrite (category Nereids)
Amphitrite was one of the Nereid daughters of Nereus and Doris. The mythographer Apollodorus, however, lists her among both the Nereids, as well as the Oceanids...
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Achilleis (trilogy) (redirect from Nereids (play))
trilogy is the Nereids (Νηρείδες, Nēreídes). The chorus was thus a group of Nereids, and the subject of the play involved Achilles and his Nereid mother Thetis...
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The Nereid Avenue station (/ˈnɪəriɪd/ NEER-ee-id; formerly East 238th Street station) is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York...
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tree nymphs), the Alseids (grove nymphs), the Naiads (spring nymphs), the Nereids (sea nymphs), the Oceanids (ocean nymphs), the Oreads (mountain nymphs)...
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wife of the sea-god Nereus, and the mother of the fifty sea nymphs, the Nereids. Styx was the wife of the Titan Pallas, and the mother of Zelus, Nike,...
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make the Palici the sons of Hephaestus or Adranus. Thalia (Muse) Thalia (Nereid) Thalia (Grace) "Home : Oxford English Dictionary". "Thalia Definition &...
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Greek mythology. Galatea is also the name of a sea-nymph, one of the fifty Nereids (daughters of Nereus) mentioned by Hesiod and Homer. In Theocritus Idylls...
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Nereididae (redirect from Nereid (worm))
or mud. Ragworms are mainly omnivorous but many are active carnivores. Nereids breed only once before dying (semelparity), and most of them morph into...
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Thetis (category Nereids)
goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus. When described as a Nereid in Classical myths, Thetis was the daughter...
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Moons of Neptune (section Nereid)
Poseidon (Hippocamp); classes of minor Greek water deities (Naiad, Nereid); or specific Nereids (Halimede, Galatea, Neso, Sao, Laomedeia, Psamathe). For the...
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Uranus Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda all 28 Neptune Triton Proteus Nereid all 16 Orcus Vanth Pluto Charon Nix Hydra Kerberos Styx Haumea Hiʻiaka Namaka...
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Redefined", "Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on the Creek", and "All Nereids Beware" have been produced for the promotion of the album. The album has...
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beings blamed for stealing children included fairies, demons, trolls, nereids and many others. Usually, the kidnapped human was a child; but there were...
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Hesperides Hyades Lampads Leimakids Limnades Meliae Melinoë Naiads Napaeae Nephele Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae Pegasides Pleiades Potamides v t e...
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Ione (mythology) (category Nereids)
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...
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Naiads (who dwelled in springs), Dryads (who were spirits of the trees), Nereids (who inhabited the sea), river gods, Satyrs, and others. In addition, there...
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When Cassiopeia boasts that she (or Andromeda) is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia...
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The Paphos mosaic depicts Bythos alone carrying the nereid Thetis along with two other nereids, Doris and Galateia. The two sea gods also appear in a...
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beautiful than the Nērēides (in most later works called by the Roman form, the Nereids), which invoked the wrath of Poseidon who sent the sea monster Kētŏs (in...
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