Crinaeae
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In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae (/kraɪˈniːiː/; Ancient Greek: Κρηναῖαι, from Greek "κρήνη") were a type of Naiad nymphs associated with fountains or wells.[1]
The number of Crinaeae includes but is not limited to:
- Aganippe[2]
- Appias[3][4]
- Myrtoessa[5]
- The Sithnides (a group of nymphs associated with a fountain in Megara)[6]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 90. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.29.3; Virgil, Eclogae 10.12
- ^ Ovid, Remedia Amoris 659; Ars Amatoria 1.81 & 3.451
- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. pp. 14, 90. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.31.4
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.40.1
References
[edit]- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 1216
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, The Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) translated by A.S. Kline. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Eclogues. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1895. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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