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Greek mythical naiad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, the Pegaeae (/pəˈdʒiːiː/; Ancient Greek: Πηγαῖαι) were a type of naiad that lived in springs. They were often considered great aunts of the river gods (Potamoi), thus establishing a mythological relationship between a river itself and its springs.
The number of Pegaeae included but was not limited to:[1]
Names | Notes |
---|---|
Group | |
The Anigrides | daughters of the river god Anigros, were believed to cure skin diseases[2][3] |
The Corycian Nymphs | |
• Coryceia | |
• Cleodora | |
• Daphnis | |
• Melaina | |
The Cyrtonian nymphs | local springs in the town of Cyrtones, Boeotia[4] |
The Deliades | daughters of Inopus, god of the river Inopus on the island of Delos[5] |
The Himerian Naiads | [6][7] |
The Inachides | daughters of the river god Inachus[8][9] |
• Io | |
• Amymone | |
• Philodice | [10] |
• Messeis | |
• Hyperia | |
The Ionides | [11] |
• Calliphaea | |
• Iasis | |
• Pegaea | |
• Messeis | |
• Synallaxis | |
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[18] |
The Rhyndacides | daughters of the river god Rhyndacus |
The Spercheides | daughters of the river god Spercheus |
Individuals: | |
• Albunea | |
• Alexirhoe | daughter of the river god Grenikos[19] |
• Archidemia | [20] |
• Arethusa | [21][22][23] |
• Castalia or Cassotis | [24] |
• Comaetho | daughter or wife of the river god Cydnus[25] |
• Cyane | |
• Dirce | transformed into a spring (presumably into a nymph personifying it) after her death |
• Gargaphie or Plataia | one of the daughters of the river god Asopus |
• Hagno | one of the nurses of infant Zeus |
• Ismene[broken anchor] | [26] |
• Langia | [27] |
• Magea | [20] |
• Milichie | [20] |
• Metope | wife of Asopus |
• Pegasis | daughter of the river god Grenikos[28] |
• Peirene | |
• Pharmaceia | nymph of a poisonous spring in Attika and Orithyia's playmate[29][30] |
• Psanis | a local spring in Arcadia |
• Salmacis | |
• Strophia | a spring on Mount Cithaeron near Thebes; barely personified[31] |
• Telphousa | |
• Temenitis | [20] |
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