Oread

Les Oréades (1902) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, in Musée d'Orsay

In Greek mythology, Oreads (/ˈɔːriˌæd, ˈɔːriəd/; Ancient Greek: Ὀρειάς, romanizedOreiás) or Orestiads (/ɔːˈrɛstiˌæd, -iəd/; Ὀρεστιάδες, Orestiádes) are mountain nymphs.[1] They are described as being companions of Artemis, or as being found alongside gods such as Pan or Dionysus.[2]

A 2nd-century AD epigram relates that, with the help of the daughters of Nilus, they erected a place of worship in honour of the woman Isidora, who died by drowning.[3]

  1. ^ Hard, p. 210; Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Nymphs.
  2. ^ RE, s.v. Oreaden.
  3. ^ RE, s.v. Oreaden.

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