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Species of nymph
In
Greek mythology, the Crinaeae (;
Ancient Greek: Κρηναῖαι, from Greek "
κρήνη") were a type of
Naiad
nymphs associated with
fountains or wells.
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The number of Crinaeae includes but is not limited to:
See also
Notes
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^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 90.
ISBN
9780786471119.
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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.29.3;
Virgil,
Eclogae 10.12
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^
Ovid,
Remedia Amoris 659;
Ars Amatoria 1.81 & 3.451
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^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. pp. 14, 90.
ISBN
9780786471119.
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^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio
8.31.4
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^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.40.1
References
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 1216
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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.
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Publius Ovidius Naso, The Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) translated by A.S. Kline.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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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.