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(ôr'ē-ăd', ōr'-) pronunciation
n. Greek Mythology
Any of a group of mountain nymphs.

[Latin Orēas, Orēad-, from Greek Oreias, from oreios, of a mountain, from oros, mountain.]


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For a Hilda Doolittle poem, see Oread (poem). For a lake in Greece, see Lake Orestiada. For a city in Greece, see Orestiada.
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In Greek mythology, an Oread or Orestiad (Ὀρεάδες / Όρεστιάδες from ὄρος, "mountain") was a type of nymph that lived in mountains, valleys, ravines. 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 mounts and rocky precipices.

Oreads

The number of Oreads includes but is not limited to:

References

  1. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 26. 11
  2. ^ Bibliotheca 3. 8. 1
  3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. 5. 5
  4. ^ Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 970
  5. ^ Bibliotheca 1.4.5
  6. ^ Hyginus, Astronomica, 2. 2
  7. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 38. 10
  8. ^ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 13
  9. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 30. 2
  10. ^ Plutarch, Life of Aristides 11. 3
  11. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 3. 9

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