Naiad#Types and individual names

|+List of classified naiads

!Name

!Location

!Notes/ Relation

|fountains

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|Megara, Attica

|one of them became the mother of Megaros by Zeus

|Mt. Helicon, Boeotia

|daughter of the river-god TermessusPausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=05B843EF34498A9A89570868F9E514B9?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D29%3Asection%3D5 9.29.5]

|Rome

|lived in the Appian Well outside the temple to Venus Genitrix in the Roman Forum

|Megalopolis, Arcadia

|one of the nurses of infant ZeusPausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160:book=8:chapter=31&highlight=Myrtoessa 8.31.4]

|lakes

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|Lake Astacus, Bithynia

|appeared in the myth of Nicaea

|Lake Bolbe, Thessaly

|an Oceanid due to her parentage (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Athenaeus/8A*.html 8.334e]

|lake in India

|daughter of the Indian river god Ganges; one of the reputed mothers of Athis

|Lake Tritonis, Libya

|daughter of Triton or of Poseidon and Tritonis; accidentally killed by her playmate, the goddess AthenaApollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.3.]

|Lake Tritonis, Libya

|mother of Nasamon and Caphaurus (or Cephalion) by Amphithemis,Hyginus, [http://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=206 Fabulae 14] and according to an archaic version of the myth, also of Athena by Poseidon; she could be also the mother of above Pallas and Athena again by Triton

|rivers

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|Achelous River, Aetolia

|daughters of the river god Achelous; see also Castalia and Callirhoe below

|Island of Anthemoessa

|their mother could be one of the Muses (Terpsichore, Melpomene or Calliope) or Sterope; they were close companions of the goddess Persephone before her abduction

|Aesepus River, Troad

|daughters of the river god Aesepus

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|wife of Bucolion by whom she mothered twin sons, Aesepus and PedasusHomer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+6.21&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:Book=6&highlight=Abarbarea 6.21–23]

|Amnisus River, Crete

|daughters of the river god Amnisos who served as handmaidens of the goddess Artemis

|Asopus River, Sicyon or Boeotia

|daughters of the river god Asopus and Metope; all abducted by the gods

|Island of Aegina

|mother of Menoetius by Actor, and Aeacus by ZeusApollodorus, 3.11.2

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|Chalcis, Euboea

|regarded as the mother of the Curetes and Corybantes; perhaps the same as Combe and Euboea below

|Cleonae, Argos

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|Island of Euboea

|consort of Socus and mother by him of the seven Corybantes

|Island of Corcyra

|mother of Phaiax by Poseidon

|Island of Euboea

|abducted by Poseidon

|Plataea, Boeotia

|carried off by Zeus

|Pisa, Elis

|mother of Oenomaus by Ares

|Ismenian spring of Thebes, Boeotia

|wife of Argus, eponymous king of Argus and thus, mother of Argus Panoptes and Iasus.

|Nemea, Argolis

|others called her the daughter of Zeus and Selene

|Ornia, Sicyon

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|Corinth

|others called her father to be Oebalus or Achelous by Poseidon she became the mother of Lecheas and Cenchrias

|Island of Salamis

|mother of Cychreus by Poseidon

|Sinope, Anatolia

|mother of Syrus by Apollo

|Tanagra, Boeotia

|mother of Leucippus and Ephippus by Poemander

|Thebes, Boeotia

|wife of Zethus and also said to have consorted with Zeus

|Thespia, Boeotia

|abducted by Apollo

|Asterion River, Argos

|daughters of the river god Asterion; nurses of the infant goddess Hera

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|Cephissus River, Boeotia

|daughters of the river god Cephissus; mothers of the 50 sons of Orion

|Cocytus River, Underworld

|naiads of Hades

|Erasinos River, Argos

|daughters of the river god Erasinos; attendants of the goddess Britomartis.

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|Hydaspers River, India

|daughters of the river god Hydaspes and Astris, they were nurses of the god Zagreus, the first-born Dionysos

|Inachos River, Argos

|daughters of the river god Inachus

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|mother of Epaphus by Zeus

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|wife of Leucippus of Messenia by whom she became the mother of Hilaeira, Phoebe and possibly Arsinoe

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|wife of Arestor and by him probably the mother of Argus Panoptes; eponym of Mycenae

|Lamos River, Cilicia

|daughters of the river god Lamos; nurses of the god Dionysus

|Pactolus River, Lydia

|appeared in the myth concerning Arachne

|Spercheus River, Malis

|daughters of the river god Spercheus and the naiad Deino

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|others called her the daughter of Zeus; loved by Poseidon

|Peneus River, Thessaly

|daughters of the river god Peneus

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|loved by the god Apollo; see below entry of Daphne

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|wife of Pelasgus, by whom she became the mother of Phrastor

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|bore to Apollo twin sons, Centaurus and Lapithus.

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|also called the daughter of Peneus' son Hypseus and mother of Aristaeus and Idmon by Apollo

|Scamander River and Simoeis River, Troad

|daughters of the river gods, Scamander and Simoeis

|Scamander River, Troad

|daughter of the river god Scamander; wife of Tros and mother of Ilus, Assaracus and Ganymede

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|daughter of the Trojan river god Scamander; wife of Deimachus and the mother of Scamander who was named after his grandfather

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|wife of King Laomedon and the mother of King Priam and Tithonus

|Simoeis River, Troad

|daughter of the river god Simoeis, mother of Tros by Erichthonius

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|daughter of the river-god Simoïs and the wife of Assaracus, by whom she bore Capys or the daughter-in-law of Assaracus, wife of Capys and mother of Anchises

|Nile River, Egypt

|daughter of the river Nilus; wife of the Egyptian King Belus; mother of Aegyptus and Danaus, and perhaps, Cepheus and Phineus.

|Nile River, Egypt

|loved by the god Poseidon by whom she became the mother of Busiris

|Nile River, Egypt

|daughter of the river Nilus; wife of Agenor and mother of Europa, Phoenix, Cilix and Cadmus; commonly known as Telephassa

|Cebren River, Troad

|daughter of the river god Cebren and lover of Aesacus, also called Hesperia

|Nile River, Egypt

|presumably one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus; one of the wives of Aegyptus, bearing him 12 sons: Eurylochus, Phantes, Peristhenes, Hermus, Dryas, Potamon, Cisseus, Lixus, Imbrus, Bromios, Polyctor, and Chthonios

|Nile River, Egypt

|daughter of the Oceanid Callirrhoe and the river god Nilus

|Eurotas River, Laconia

|queen consort of King Lelex and mother of Myles and Polycaon

|Spercheus River, Malis

|wife of the river god Spercheios and by him the mother of DiopatreAntoninus Liberalis, 22

|Sangarius River, Phrygia

|daughter of the river-god Sangarius; she was the possible mother of Hecuba by DymasScholia on Homer's Iliad 16. 718 with Pherecydes as the authority

|Nile River, Egypt

|one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus; wife of Danaus who bore him the Danaides

|Nile River, Egypt

|one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus; wife of Aegyptus who bore him fifty sons

|Herkyna River, Lebadeia

|a childhood companion of the goddess Persephone

|Ismenos River, Thebes

|daughters of the river god Ismenus; mother, by Pan, of Crenaeus, a defender of Thebes against the Seven

|Lethe River, Hades

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|Nile River, Egypt

|daughter of Nilus; she was the wife to Epaphus and mother of Libya and Anippe or Lysianassa

|Meles River, Smyrna

|daughter of the river god Meles; mother of Homer by Maeon

|Hermos River, Lydia

|brother of Tylus

|Sangarius River, Phrygia

|daughter of the river-god Sangarius; she was impregnated by an almond from the tree sprung from the severed genitals of Agdistis, giving birth to Attis.

|Neda River, Arcadia

|daughter of Oceanus; one of the nurses of infant Zeus

|Imbrasus River, Samos

|daughter of the river god Imbrasus and Chesias; she was pursued by the god Apollo

|Sangarius River, Phrygia

|daughter of the river-god Sangarius; she was the mother, by Hippasus, of Hippomedon

|Caicus River, Mysia

|mother of Caicus by Hermes

|Nile River, Egypt or in Libya

|presumably one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus; she was one of the wives of Danaus and bore him 12 daughters: Autonoe, Theano, Electra, Cleopatra, Eurydice, Glaucippe, Anthelea, Cleodora, Euippe, Erato, Stygne and Bryce

|Styx River, Underworld

|an Oceanid; she was the wife of Pallas and thus mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia

|Symaithos River, Sicily

|loved by Pan

|Ladon River, Arcadia

|daughter of the river god Ladon; pursued by Pan

|Strymon River, Thrace

|daughter of the river god Strymon; mother of Thrassa by Ares

|Eridanus River, Athens

|mother of Butes by Teleon

|springs

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|Elis

|daughters of the river god Anigros, were believed to cure skin diseasesStrabo, 8.3.19Pausanias, 5.5.11[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiAnigrides.html Theoi Project - Anigrides]

|Corycian cave, Delphi, Phocis

|daughters of the river god Pleistos

|Mt. Parnassus, Phocis

|mother of Parnassus by Poseidon

|Corycian cave, Delphi, Phocis

|mother of Lycoreus by Apollo

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|mother of Delphos by Apollo

|Boeotia

|local springs in the town of CyrtonesPausanias, 9.24.4[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiKyrtoniai.html Theoi Project - Nymphai Kyrtoniai]

|Delos

|daughters of Inopus, god of the river InopusCallimachus, Hymn IV to Delos 252[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiDeliades.html Theoi Project - Deliades]

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|Elis

|daughters of the river god CytherusPausanias, 6.22.7

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|Ithaca

|dwelled in sacred caves on the islandHomer, Odyssey 13.96 ff.

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|Bithynia

|dwelled in the spring of Pegae near the lake Askanios and were responsible for the kidnapping of HylasApollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1225 ff.Hyginus, Fabulae 14

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|Sicily

|local springs of SyracuseDiodorus Siculus, 5.5.1[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiOrtygiai.html Theoi Project - Naiades Ortygiai]

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|daughters of the river god Rhyndacus[http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiRhyndakides.html Theoi Project - Rhyndacides]

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|Mt. Ida, Troad

|daughter of the river god Grenikos; mother of Aesacus by PriamOvid, Metamorphoses 11.762 ff.

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|Island of Ortygia

|daughter of NereusStrabo, 6.2.4Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.407 & 487 ff.Virgil, Aeneid 3. 694 ff.

|Argos

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|Acarnania

|mother of Amphoterus and Acarnan by Alcmaeon

|Delphi, Phocis

|others called her the daughter of the river god CephissusPausanias, 10.8.9 & 10.24.7

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|daughter or wife of the river god CydnusNonnus, Dionysiaca 2.143-144 & 40.141-143

|Sicily

|playmate of Persephone who was changed into a well through grief at the loss of her

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|transformed into a spring (presumably into a nymph personifying it) after her death

|Arcadia

|one of the nurses of infant Zeus

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|Arcadia

|daughter of the river-god Ladon and wife of Asopus

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|daughter of the river god GrenikosQuintus Smyrnaeus, 3.300

|Peuce Island

|mother of Peucon

|Attica

|nymph of a poisonous spring and Orithyia's playmatePlato, Phaedrus 229{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2572.html |title=Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 3, page 238 |access-date=2018-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514055321/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2572.html |archive-date=2011-05-14 |url-status=usurped }}

|Argolis

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|Arcadia

|may have been the wife of the river god Ladon

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|Thebes

|spring on Mount Cithaeron; barely personifiedCallimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 75 ff.

|Arcadia

|daughter of the river-god Ladon

|Arcadia

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|+List of other naiads

!Name

!Location

!Relations

|Ciconia, Thrace

|presumed daughter of the river Hebros; mother of Ergiscus by PoseidonSuida, s.v. Ergiske

|Tyre

|ancestors of the Tyrians along with Callirrhoe and Drosera

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|daughter of Zeus and Neaera, by whom Helios begot the Charites

|Colchis

|loved by the river-god Phasis.

|Mt. Lycaeus, Arcadia

|one of the nurses of the god Zeus

|Arcadia

|one of the nurses of the god Zeus

|Libya

|wife of the Psylli tribe's first king Psyllus

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|Boeotia

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|Arcadia

|one of the nurses of the god Zeus

|Mt. Parnassus, Phocis

|possibly the daughter of the river-god Cephissus, mother of Thamyris by Philammon

|Eleusis

|possibly the daughter of the river-god Cephissus, mother of Cercyon by Branchus

|Achaea

|loved by the hero Selemnus

|Boeotia

|loved by Poseidon who bore him a son Oeoclus

|Caucasus

|daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; loved by the Colchian king Aeetes by whom she had a son Apsyrtus

|Sicily

|an Oceanid; mother of Acragas by Zeus

|Sparta

|married King Oebalus of Sparta and mother of their sons were Hippocoon, Tyndareus and Icarius

|Thrace

|mother of Tereus by Ares

|Byzantium

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|Tyre

|ancestors of the Tyrians along with Abarbarea and Drosera

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|an Oceanid; she bore Helios a daughter, Astris

|Samos

|loved by the river god Imbrasis

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|daughter of Poseidon and Gaia

|possibly Thessaly

|wife of Hypseus and mother Cyrene

|Naxos

|one of the nurses of the god Dionysus

|Paeonia

|daughter of the river god Axius; she was the wife of Paeon

|Boeotia

|consort of Hyrieus and by him became the mother of Nycteus and Lycus

|Crete

|mother of Xenodamos by Menelaus when he visited the island

|Naxos

|one of the nurses of the god Dionysus

|Smyrna, Ionia

|mother of Homer by the river god Meles

|Thessaly

|daughter of Gaia; she bore Hypseus and Stilbe to the river god Peneus

|Miletus, Caria

|daughter of the river Meander; wife of king Miletos and mother by him of Caunus and Byblis

|Elis

|she was loved by the Pisan king Pelops by whom she became the mother of his bastard son, Chrysippus

|Arcadia or Laconia

|daughter of the river-god Ladon or of king Amyclas; loved by the god Apollo

|Boeotia

|daughter of the river-god Cephisus

|Boeotia

|mother of Alatreus by Laphitaon

|Attica

|daughter of the river-god Cephisus; the wife of the Athenian lord Phrasimos and mother by him of Praxithea

|Tyre

|ancestors of the Tyrians along with Abarbarea and Callirhoe

|Sicily

|blinded his unfaithful lover Daphnis

|Boeotia

|nurse of the Muses; mother of Crotus by Pan

|Argolis

|daughter of Strymon and Neaera, wife of Argus (king of Argos), mother of Ecbasus, Peiras, Epidaurus and Criasus

|Arcadia

|one of the nurses of Zeus

|Arcadia

|one of the nurses of Zeus

|Acmonia, Phrygia

|mother of the Amazons by Ares

|Argolis

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|Rome

|daughter of the river Almo; mother of the Lares by Mercury

|Phocis

|daughter of the local river-god Cephisus

|Phocis

|bore a son Narcissus to the river-god Cephisus

|Dryopia/ Doris

|escape from the embraces of Priapus was metamorphosed into a tree

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|daughter of the river-god Alpheus; she bore to Poseidon a daughter, Eirene

|Argolis

|an Oceanid; mother, by Inachus, of Phoroneus and Aegialeus

|Boeotia

|an Oceanid; mother, by Apollo, of Tenerus and Ismenus

|Bithynia

|mother, by Poseidon, of Mygdon and Amycus, kings of Bebryces

|Bithynia

|she was the mother by Silenus of Dolion

|Ceos

|mother, by Apollo, of Ceos

|Corcyra

|daughter of the river-god Aegaeus and mother of Hyllus by Heracles

|Pieria

|mother of Oeagrus by Pierus

|Boeotia

|mother of Aspledon by Poseidon

|Elis

|daughter of Cocytus; loved by the god Hades but as punishment her boasts was transformed by Persephone or Demeter into a mint-plant

|Phrygia

|eponym of Nacoleia

|Laconia

|wife of Silenus

|Thrace

|wife of the river-god Strymon, and mother of Evadne

|Lydia

|mother of Dresaeus by Theiodamas

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|mother of Aetolus by Endymion

|Bithynia

|daughter of the river-god Sangarius and Cybele. By the god of wine, Dionysus, she mothered Telete (consecration)

|Arcadia

|companion of Callisto

|Arcadia

|wife of Lycaon and the mother of Callisto

|Colchis

|mother of Phasis by Helios

|Thessaly

|mother of Dorus, Aeolus and Xuthus by Hellen

|Lycia

|nurse of Apollo

|Paros

|mother of Eurymedon, Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus by Minos

|Laconia

|wife of Icarius, mother of Penelope, Perilaus, Aletes, Damasippus, Imeusimus and Thoas

|Sicyon

|mother of Asopus by Poseidon

|Naxos

|one of the nurses of the god Dionysus

|Arcadia

|one of the nurses of Zeus

|Laconia

|daughter of the river god Eurotas, became by Poseidon the mother of Evadne

|Athens

|married Erichthonius of Athens and by him had a son named Pandion I

|Lycia

|mother of Aegialus by Caunus

|Thrace

|mother of Hebros by Haemus and of Cicon by ApolloEtymologicum Magnum [https://archive.org/details/etymologikontome00etymuoft/page/n251/mode/1up?view=theater 513, 37, under Kikones]

|Samos

|wife of Ancaeus

|Sparta

|daughter of the river god Eurotas; mother of Amyclas and Eurydice by Lacedaemon

|Sicyon

|mother of Zeuxippus by Apollo

|Thrace

|mother of Abderus by Poseidon

|Sparta

|daughter of the river god Eurotas