Nereid (mythology)

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Nereid on a hippocampus. Detail from the so-called altar by Domitius Ahenobarbus , 2nd half of the 2nd century BC Chr., Glyptothek Munich
The Nereids by Gaston Bussière 1902
Abstracted Nereïde by Kurt Lehmann from 1978 in the park of the Hannover Medical School

Nereïden ( ancient Greek Νηρεΐδες, Νηρηίδες Nēreïdes, Nērēïdes , singular the Nereïde , Νηρηίς Nērēïs ; e and i spoken separately) are the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris in Greek mythology . In Plato, on the other hand, the number appears as 100, with the restriction that the number is designated as assumed.

They are nymphs of the sea who protect castaways and entertain sailors with games. They live in caves at the bottom of the sea and are companions of the god Poseidon . In many ancient Greek depictions, the Nereids ride on the backs of dolphins or hippocamps .

Nereid catalogs, i.e. lists of the names of the daughters of Nereus, can be found in the library of Apollodorus , in the Theogony of Hesiod , in Homer's Iliad and in Hyginus .

The names of the Nereids are speaking names. Homer ascribes them to mere properties of the sea. B. Glauke "the blue", while Hesiod ascribes the name of the Nereids to properties and things that people hoped for from the sea. B. Eudora "the good giver".

Names of the Nereids

Surname Pseudo-Apollodor
 Hesiod
 Homer
 Hyginus
Agaue ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Aktaia ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Amathia ✓ ✓
Amphinomas ✓ ✓
Amphithoe ✓ ✓
Amphitrite ✓ ✓
Apseudes ✓ ✓
Arethusa ✓
Asia ✓
Autonoe ✓ ✓
Beroe ✓
Deiopea ✓
Dero ✓
Dexamene ✓ ✓
Dione ✓
Doris ✓ ✓ ✓
Doto ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Drymo ✓
Dynamene ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Eione ✓ ✓
Ephyra ✓
Erato ✓ ✓
Euagore ✓ ✓
Euarne ✓
Eudore ✓ ✓
Eukrante ✓ ✓
Eulimene ✓ ✓
Eumolpe ✓
Eunike ✓ ✓
Eupompe ✓
Eurydice ✓
Galateia ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Galene ✓
Glauke ✓ ✓ ✓
Glaucoma ✓ ✓
Halie ✓ ✓
Halimede ✓ ✓
Hipponoe ✓ ✓
Hippothoe ✓ ✓
Iaira ✓ ✓
Ianassa ✓ ✓
Janeira ✓ ✓ ✓
Ion ✓
Kallianassa ✓ ✓
Kallianira ✓
Calypso ✓
Keto ✓
Klio ✓
Clymene ✓ ✓
Kranto ✓
Kreneis ✓
Kydippe ✓
Kymatolege ✓
Kymo ✓ ✓
Kymodoke ✓ ✓ ✓
Kymothoe ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Laomedia ✓
Leiagore ✓
Leukothea ✓
Ligea ✓
Limnoria ✓ ✓ ✓
Lykorias ✓
Lysianassa ✓ ✓
Maera ✓ ✓
Melite ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Menu ✓
Nausithoe ✓
Nemertes ✓ ✓ ✓
Neomeris ✓
Nesaia ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Neso ✓
Grandpa ✓
Orithynia ✓ ✓
Panopaea ✓
Panope ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Pasithea ✓
Pherusa ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Phyllodoke ✓
Plexaure ✓
Polynomials ✓
Ploto ✓
Pontomedusa ✓
Pontoporia ✓
Poulunoe ✓
Pronoe ✓
Proto ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Protomedia ✓
Psamathe ✓ ✓
Sao ✓ ✓
Speio ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Thalia ✓ ✓
Themisto ✓
Thetis ✓ ✓ ✓
Thoe ✓ ✓ ✓
Xantho ✓

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Plato, Critias 116 e
  2. ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 1,2,7ff.
  3. ↑ Hesiod : Theogony 240ff.
  4. ↑ Homer : Iliad 18.38ff.
  5. ^ Hyginus Mythographus : Fabulae , Praefatio.

literature

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