Nereides in mythologia Graeca fuerunt filiae Nerei dei nymphae marini, e Doride genitae.
De catalogo
Nereides variatim appellantur. Hyginus enim in libro cuius titulus est Fabulae quinguaginta filias Nerei et Doridis sic Latine enumerat: "Glauce, Thalia, Cymodoce, Nesaea, Spio, Thoë, Cymothoë, Actaea, Limnoria, Melite, Iaera, Amphithoë, Agaue, Doto, Proto, Pherusa, Dynamene, Dexamene, Amphinome, Callianassa, Doris, Panope, Galatea, Nemertes, Apseudes, Clymene, Ianira, Ianassa, Maera, Orithyia, Amathia, Drymo, Xantho, Ligea, Phyllodoce, Cydippe, Lycorias, Cleio, Beroë, Ephyre, Opis, Asia, Deiopea, Arethusa, Creneis, Eurydice, Leucothoë."[1] Inter has quattuordecim (a Drymo Arethusam usque) Hyginus e textu Georgicon Vergilii sine dubio dempsit, qui eas inter sectatrices Cyrenes congesserat.[2] Triginta et unam (a Glauce Amathiam usque) e textu Iliados dempsit, ubi Poëta etiam Haliam addit, ita triginta duo Nereides "cum omnibus aliis Nerei filiabus" celebrans.[3] Ex eisdem Hesiodus in Theogonia Glaucen, Cymothoën, Spio, Thaliam, Meliten, Agauen, Doto, Proto, Pherusam, Dynamenen, Nesaeam, Actaeam, Doridem, Panopen, Galateam, Cymodocen, Nemerten recipit, his adiungens et Protho, Eucranten, Sao, Amphitriten, Eudoram, Thetidem, Galenen, Pasitheam, Erato, Eunicen, Eulimenen, Protomedeam, Hippothoën, Hipponoën, Cymatolegen, Cymo, Eionen, Halimeden, Glauconoën, Pontopoream, Leagoram, Euagoram, Laomedeam, Polynoën, Autonoën, Lysianassam, Euarnen, Psamathen, Menippen, Neso, Eupompen, Theisto, Pronoën, quinquaginta Nereidibus ita cumulatis.[4] Quarum omnium multae et in Apollodori bibliotheca ordinantur, aliquibus omissis; ibi enim inter quinquaginta Nereides inseruntur Glauconome, Nausithoë, Pontomedusa, Plexaure, Cranto, Neomeris, Polynome, Dione, Dero, Eumolpe, Ione, Ceto.[5]
In litteris
In Iliade[6] Nereides sororem Thetidem apud Achillem Patrocli morte maerentem Ilii sub moenia comitantur. Celeberrima omnium Nereidum est Thetis qui Achillem ex Peleo genuit, mortalem immortalis.
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