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Water deities |
Nymphs |
In Greek mythology, the Nysiads or Nysiades ( Ancient Greek: Νυσιάδες) were Oceanid nymphs of mythical Mount Nysa. Zeus entrusted the infant god Dionysus [1] to their care, and the Nysiads raised him with the assistance of the old satyr-god Silenus. When Dionysus was grown the Nysiads joined his company as the first of the Maenads.
The names of the nymphs include: [2]
Also mentioned are Callichore and Calyce [5] (after whom two moons of Jupiter, Kallichore and Kalyke, are named).
In later tellings of Dionysus's infancy, the Nysiades appear to be identified with the Hyades. [6] The term might have been used for the Pleiades and the Hyades as Dionysus's tutors altogether.
Greek deities series |
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Water deities |
Nymphs |
In Greek mythology, the Nysiads or Nysiades ( Ancient Greek: Νυσιάδες) were Oceanid nymphs of mythical Mount Nysa. Zeus entrusted the infant god Dionysus [1] to their care, and the Nysiads raised him with the assistance of the old satyr-god Silenus. When Dionysus was grown the Nysiads joined his company as the first of the Maenads.
The names of the nymphs include: [2]
Also mentioned are Callichore and Calyce [5] (after whom two moons of Jupiter, Kallichore and Kalyke, are named).
In later tellings of Dionysus's infancy, the Nysiades appear to be identified with the Hyades. [6] The term might have been used for the Pleiades and the Hyades as Dionysus's tutors altogether.