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OREAD (OR-ee-ad) Any
of a group of mountain nymphs
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.
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)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Oread".
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