OREAD
(OR-ee-ad)
Any
of a group of mountain nymphs
Common
clues: Mountain
nymph; Companion of Artemis; Echo, for one; Mt. Ida maiden; Nymph
in Greek myth; Echo, e.g.
Crossword
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In
Greek mythology, an Oread or Orestiad was a type of nymph that
lived in mountains, valleys, ravines. They differ from each other
according to their dwelling: the Idae were from Mount Ida,
Peliades from Mount Pelia, etc. They were associated with
Artemis, since the goddess, when she went out hunting, preferred
mounts and rocky precipices.
Echo
and Narcissus (John William Waterhouse, 1903, Walker Art Gallery,
Liverpool)
The
number of Oreads includes but is not limited to:
Britomartis
Claea
(Mount Calathion, Messenia)
Cyllene
or Kyllene (Mount Cyllene)
Daphnis
(Mount Parnassos)
Echo
(Mount Cithaeron)
The
Idaeae (Mount Ida, Crete):
Adrasteia
Cynosura
Helike
Ida
Nomia
(Mount Nomia, Arcadia)
Othreis
(Mount Othrys, Malis)
Sinoe
(Mount Sinoe, Arcadia)
The
Sphragitides or Cithaeronides (Mount Cithaeron)
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