Oread
In Greek mythology, an Oread (/ˈɔːriˌæd, ˈɔːriəd/; Ancient Greek: Ὀρειάς, stem Ὀρειάδ- Oreas/Oread-, from ὄρος, "mountain") or Orestiad /ɔːˈrɛstiˌæd, -iəd/; Όρεστιάδες, Orestiades) is a mountain nymph. They differ from each other according to their dwelling: the Idaeae were from Mount Ida, Peliades from Mount Pelion, etc. They were associated with Artemis, since the goddess, when she went out hunting, preferred mountains and rocky precipices.

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The term itself appears to be Hellenistic, first attested in Bion of Smyrna's Αδὠνιδος Επιτἀφιος and thus post-Classical.[1]
List of Oreads
The number of Oreads includes but is not limited to:
Name | Location | Relations and Notes |
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Britomartis | ||
Chelone | changed by Hermes into a tortoise | |
Claea | Mount Calathion, Messenia | [2] |
Cyllene or Kyllene | Mount Cyllene | [3] |
Daphnis | Mount Parnassos | [4] |
Echo | Mount Cithaeron | loved Narcissus[5] |
Eidothea | ||
The Idaeae | Mount Ida, Crete | [6][7] |
• Adrasteia | ||
• Cynosura | ||
• Helike | ||
• Ida | ||
Nomia | Mount Nomia, Arcadia | a friend of Callisto[8] |
Oenone | ||
Othreis | Mount Othrys, Malis | [9] |
Penelope | ||
Phigalia | ||
Pitys | [10] | |
Sinoe | Mount Sinoe, Arcadia | [11] |
Sose | ||
The Sphragitides or Cithaeronides | Mount Cithaeron | [12][13] |
Honours
Oread Lake in Antarctica is named after the nymphs.
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References
- Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon s.v. text at Perseus project
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 3.26.11
- Bibliotheca 3.8.1
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.5.5
- Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 970
- Bibliotheca 1.4.5
- Hyginus, Astronomica, 2.2
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.38.0
- Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 13
- Propertius, Elegies 1. 18
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.30.2
- Plutarch, Life of Aristides 11. 3
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.3.9
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