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
puzzle frequency:
once a year
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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