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the opis link is broken, it leads to the babylonian city — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.86.129.130 ( talk) 15:14, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
this is a very important topic, the nereids were one of the major classes of divine beings of ancient greece and generally more respected than the other classes such as dryads and nymphs who were often isolated whereas the nereids were together, and btw i'm sure that some sources refer to 3,000 nereids 213.106.124.3 ( talk) 11:20, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
The names appear in Iliad when thetis comes to console Achilles after Patroclus is killed. Forms and spelling in this list might reflect Homer. Wetman 08:30, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Isn't the plural of Nereid Nereides? -- 81.153.96.219 19:00, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
Shouldn't the pronunciation of the word be in IPA? It just looks funny... -- Kitty who? 21:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Where do we find they have blue hair? Njál 10:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Is Cassiopeia a Nereid? It says so on her page, but here she is not listed. Can someone verify this? - Safay 18:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
This page needs to become a disambiguation page. Way too many hatnotes. Bob the Wikipedian ( talk • contribs) 00:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
The top of this page was cluttered with hatnotes; it made more sense to have disambiguation pages for the various names there. So that's what I did. I trust that's OK with everyone. Moonraker12 ( talk) 12:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
This page is tagged now for excessive dablinks. I've fixed some of them ( the one's I know) which leaves a redlink to an "N (Nereid)" page, but I don't know if that's the best solution. Some of the links are to "N (Mythology)", and one of them ("Opis") doesn't link anywhere, leaving the name in plain text.
Any thoughts on what would be the best thing to do?
Moonraker12 (
talk) 13:19, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I don't think it's a good idea to list a collection of Nereids from different sources. According to this article, Asia/Clymene is a daughter of Nereus and Doris but she is generally known to be a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
ICE77 ( talk) 05:23, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
In the lede, nereids are glossed to mermaids - but the current article on mermaids equates them with sirens, which have their own provenance. This just has to be a mistake, so I have pulled the word 'mermaid'. ( 20040302 ( talk) 11:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC))
I keep getting 51 Nereids in both Hesiod (the English text in Perseus) and in the list with a [3] in this article. I counted both multiple times. Could someone please verify the Hesiod Nereid count? here is my list from Hesiod (what am I listing that I shouldn't be?) 1.Actaea 2.Agave 3.(H)Alimede 4.Amphitrite 5.Autonoe 6.Cymatolege 7.Cymo 8.Cymodoke 9.Cymothoe 10.Doris 11.Doto 12.Dynamena 13.Eione 14.Erato 15.Euagora 16.Euarne 17.Eucrante 18.Eudora 19.Eulimena 20.Eunice 21.Eupompe 22.Galatea 23.Galena 24.Glauce 25.Glauconome 26.Halia 27.Hipponoe 28.Hippothoe 29.Leagora 30.Leomedea 31.Lysianassa 32.Melita 33.Menippe 34.Nemertes 35.Neso 36.Nisaea 37.Panopea 38.Pasithea 39.Pherousa 40.Ploto 41.Polynoe 42.Pontoporea 43.Pronoe 44.Proto 45.Protomedea 46.Psamathe 47.Sao 48.Speio 49.Themisto 50.Thetis 51.Thoe Ken M Quirici 01:38, 16 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kquirici ( talk • contribs)
Although I can agree with a list of names of the fifty Nereids, the current list is ugly. I would prefer four list, one per source/author, or one annotated list, with superscripts for the different authors (e.g.: ThetisHom,Hes,Hyg,Bibl.).
Furthermore, the names shouldn't be numbered; numbering suggests number 1 is the oldest and number 96 is the youngest, which isn't true. Use a ',' or a '*' instead of a '#'.
Besides, most hyperrefs/links should be removed, since most names redirect to Nereid. Michael! ( talk) 14:37, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
By the way, here are the lists of Nereids as given by Homer and Hesiod.
Michael! (
talk) 14:37, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Homer, Iliad XVIII 35-52:
σμερδαλέον δ᾽ ᾤμωξεν: ἄκουσε δὲ πότνια μήτηρ
ἡμένη ἐν βένθεσσιν ἁλὸς παρὰ πατρὶ γέροντι,
κώκυσέν τ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα: θεαὶ δέ μιν ἀμφαγέροντο
πᾶσαι ὅσαι κατὰ βένθος ἁλὸς Νηρηΐδες ἦσαν.
ἔνθ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔην Γλαύκη τε Θάλειά τε Κυμοδόκη τε
Νησαίη Σπειώ τε Θόη θ᾽ Ἁλίη τε βοῶπις
Κυμοθόη τε καὶ Ἀκταίη καὶ Λιμνώρεια
καὶ Μελίτη καὶ Ἴαιρα καὶ Ἀμφιθόη καὶ Ἀγαυὴ
Δωτώ τε Πρωτώ τε Φέρουσά τε Δυναμένη τε
Δεξαμένη τε καὶ Ἀμφινόμη καὶ Καλλιάνειρα
Δωρὶς καὶ Πανόπη καὶ ἀγακλειτὴ Γαλάτεια
Νημερτής τε καὶ Ἀψευδὴς καὶ Καλλιάνασσα:
ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔην Κλυμένη Ἰάνειρά τε καὶ Ἰάνασσα
Μαῖρα καὶ Ὠρείθυια ἐϋπλόκαμός τ᾽ Ἀμάθεια
ἄλλαι θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ βένθος ἁλὸς Νηρηΐδες ἦσαν.
τῶν δὲ καὶ ἀργύφεον πλῆτο σπέος: αἳ δ᾽ ἅμα πᾶσαι
στήθεα πεπλήγοντο, Θέτις δ᾽ ἐξῆρχε γόοιο:
‘κλῦτε κασίγνηται Νηρηΐδες,
Then terribly did Achilles groan aloud, and his queenly mother heard him as she sat in the depths of the sea beside the old man her father. Thereat she uttered a shrill cry, and the goddesses thronged about her, even all the daughters of Nereus that were in the deep of the sea. There were Glauce and Thaleia and Cymodoce, Nesaea and Speio and Thoë and ox-eyed Halië, and Cymothoë and Actaeä and Limnoreia, and Melite and Iaera and Amphithoe and Agave, Doto and Proto and Pherousa and Dynamene, and Dexamene and Amphinone and Callianeira, Doris and Pynope and glorious Galatea, Nemertes and Apseudes and Callianassa, and there were Clymene and Ianeira and Ianassa, Maera and Orithyia and fair-tressed Amatheia, and other Nereids that were in the deep of the sea. With these the bright cave was filled, and they all alike beat their breasts, and Thetis was leader in their lamenting: “Listen, sister Nereids,
English Translation by A.T. Murray
Hesiod, Theogony 240-264:
Νηρῆος δ᾽ ἐγένοντο μεγήρατα τέκνα θεάων
πόντῳ ἐν ἀτρυγέτῳ καὶ Δωρίδος ἠυκόμοιο,
κούρης Ὠκεανοῖο, τελήεντος ποταμοῖο,
Πλωτώ τ᾽ Εὐκράντη τε Σαώ τ᾽ Ἀμφιτρίτη τε
Εὐδώρη τε Θέτις τε Γαλήνη τε Γλαύκη τε
Κυμοθόη Σπειώ τε Θόη θ᾽ Ἀλίη τ᾽ ἐρόεσσα
Πασιθέη τ᾽ Ἐρατώ τε καὶ Εὐνίκη ῥοδόπηχυς
καὶ Μελίτη χαρίεσσα καὶ Εὐλιμένη καὶ Ἀγαυὴ
Δωτώ τε Πρωτώ τε Φέρουσά τε Δυναμένη τε
Νησαίη τε καὶ Ἀκταίη καὶ Πρωτομέδεια
Δωρὶς καὶ Πανόπεια καὶ εὐειδὴς Γαλάτεια
Ἱπποθόη τ᾽ ἐρόεσσα καὶ Ἱππονόη ῥοδόπηχυς
Κυμοδόκη θ᾽, ἣ κύματ᾽ ἐν ἠεροειδέι πόντῳ
πνοιάς τε ζαέων ἀνέμων σὺν Κυματολήγῃ
ῥεῖα πρηΰνει καὶ ἐυσφύρῳ Ἀμφιτρίτῃ,
Κυμώ τ᾽ Ἠιόνη τε ἐυστέφανός θ᾽ Ἁλιμήδη
Γλαυκονόμη τε φιλομμειδὴς καὶ Ποντοπόρεια
Ληαγόρη τε καὶ Εὐαγόρη καὶ Λαομέδεια
Πουλυνόη τε καὶ Αὐτονόη καὶ Λυσιάνασσα
Εὐάρνη τε φυήν τ᾽ ἐρατὴ καὶ εἶδος ἄμωμος
καὶ Ψαμάθη χαρίεσσα δέμας δίη τε Μενίππη
Νησώ τ᾽ Εὐπόμπη τε Θεμιστώ τε Προνόη τε
Νημερτής θ᾽, ἣ πατρὸς ἔχει νόον ἀθανάτοιο.
αὗται μὲν Νηρῆος ἀμύμονος ἐξεγένοντο
κοῦραι πεντήκοντα, ἀμύμονα ἔργα ἰδυῖαι.
And of Nereus and rich-haired Doris, daughter of Ocean the perfect river, were born children, passing lovely amongst goddesses, Ploto, Eucrante, Sao, and Amphitrite, and Eudora, and Thetis, Galene and Glauce, Cymothoe, Speo, Thoe and lovely Halie, and Pasithea, and Erato, and rosy-armed Eunice, and gracious Melite, and Eulimene, and Agaue, Doto, Proto, Pherusa, and Dynamene, and Nisaea, and Actaea, and Protomedea, Doris, Panopea, and comely Galatea, and lovely Hippothoe, and rosy-armed Hipponoe, and Cymodoce who with Cymatolege and Amphitrite easily calms the waves upon the misty sea and the blasts of raging winds, and Cymo, and Eione, and rich-crowned Alimede, and Glauconome, fond of laughter, and Pontoporea, Leagore, Euagore, and Laomedea, and Polynoe, and Autonoe, and Lysianassa, and Euarne, lovely of shape and without blemish of form, and Psamathe of charming figure and divine Menippe, Neso, Eupompe, Themisto, Pronoe, and Nemertes who has the nature of her deathless father. These fifty daughters sprang from blameless Nereus, skilled in excellent crafts.
English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
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the opis link is broken, it leads to the babylonian city — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.86.129.130 ( talk) 15:14, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
this is a very important topic, the nereids were one of the major classes of divine beings of ancient greece and generally more respected than the other classes such as dryads and nymphs who were often isolated whereas the nereids were together, and btw i'm sure that some sources refer to 3,000 nereids 213.106.124.3 ( talk) 11:20, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
The names appear in Iliad when thetis comes to console Achilles after Patroclus is killed. Forms and spelling in this list might reflect Homer. Wetman 08:30, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Isn't the plural of Nereid Nereides? -- 81.153.96.219 19:00, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
Shouldn't the pronunciation of the word be in IPA? It just looks funny... -- Kitty who? 21:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Where do we find they have blue hair? Njál 10:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Is Cassiopeia a Nereid? It says so on her page, but here she is not listed. Can someone verify this? - Safay 18:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
This page needs to become a disambiguation page. Way too many hatnotes. Bob the Wikipedian ( talk • contribs) 00:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
The top of this page was cluttered with hatnotes; it made more sense to have disambiguation pages for the various names there. So that's what I did. I trust that's OK with everyone. Moonraker12 ( talk) 12:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
This page is tagged now for excessive dablinks. I've fixed some of them ( the one's I know) which leaves a redlink to an "N (Nereid)" page, but I don't know if that's the best solution. Some of the links are to "N (Mythology)", and one of them ("Opis") doesn't link anywhere, leaving the name in plain text.
Any thoughts on what would be the best thing to do?
Moonraker12 (
talk) 13:19, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I don't think it's a good idea to list a collection of Nereids from different sources. According to this article, Asia/Clymene is a daughter of Nereus and Doris but she is generally known to be a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
ICE77 ( talk) 05:23, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
In the lede, nereids are glossed to mermaids - but the current article on mermaids equates them with sirens, which have their own provenance. This just has to be a mistake, so I have pulled the word 'mermaid'. ( 20040302 ( talk) 11:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC))
I keep getting 51 Nereids in both Hesiod (the English text in Perseus) and in the list with a [3] in this article. I counted both multiple times. Could someone please verify the Hesiod Nereid count? here is my list from Hesiod (what am I listing that I shouldn't be?) 1.Actaea 2.Agave 3.(H)Alimede 4.Amphitrite 5.Autonoe 6.Cymatolege 7.Cymo 8.Cymodoke 9.Cymothoe 10.Doris 11.Doto 12.Dynamena 13.Eione 14.Erato 15.Euagora 16.Euarne 17.Eucrante 18.Eudora 19.Eulimena 20.Eunice 21.Eupompe 22.Galatea 23.Galena 24.Glauce 25.Glauconome 26.Halia 27.Hipponoe 28.Hippothoe 29.Leagora 30.Leomedea 31.Lysianassa 32.Melita 33.Menippe 34.Nemertes 35.Neso 36.Nisaea 37.Panopea 38.Pasithea 39.Pherousa 40.Ploto 41.Polynoe 42.Pontoporea 43.Pronoe 44.Proto 45.Protomedea 46.Psamathe 47.Sao 48.Speio 49.Themisto 50.Thetis 51.Thoe Ken M Quirici 01:38, 16 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kquirici ( talk • contribs)
Although I can agree with a list of names of the fifty Nereids, the current list is ugly. I would prefer four list, one per source/author, or one annotated list, with superscripts for the different authors (e.g.: ThetisHom,Hes,Hyg,Bibl.).
Furthermore, the names shouldn't be numbered; numbering suggests number 1 is the oldest and number 96 is the youngest, which isn't true. Use a ',' or a '*' instead of a '#'.
Besides, most hyperrefs/links should be removed, since most names redirect to Nereid. Michael! ( talk) 14:37, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
By the way, here are the lists of Nereids as given by Homer and Hesiod.
Michael! (
talk) 14:37, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Homer, Iliad XVIII 35-52:
σμερδαλέον δ᾽ ᾤμωξεν: ἄκουσε δὲ πότνια μήτηρ
ἡμένη ἐν βένθεσσιν ἁλὸς παρὰ πατρὶ γέροντι,
κώκυσέν τ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα: θεαὶ δέ μιν ἀμφαγέροντο
πᾶσαι ὅσαι κατὰ βένθος ἁλὸς Νηρηΐδες ἦσαν.
ἔνθ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔην Γλαύκη τε Θάλειά τε Κυμοδόκη τε
Νησαίη Σπειώ τε Θόη θ᾽ Ἁλίη τε βοῶπις
Κυμοθόη τε καὶ Ἀκταίη καὶ Λιμνώρεια
καὶ Μελίτη καὶ Ἴαιρα καὶ Ἀμφιθόη καὶ Ἀγαυὴ
Δωτώ τε Πρωτώ τε Φέρουσά τε Δυναμένη τε
Δεξαμένη τε καὶ Ἀμφινόμη καὶ Καλλιάνειρα
Δωρὶς καὶ Πανόπη καὶ ἀγακλειτὴ Γαλάτεια
Νημερτής τε καὶ Ἀψευδὴς καὶ Καλλιάνασσα:
ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔην Κλυμένη Ἰάνειρά τε καὶ Ἰάνασσα
Μαῖρα καὶ Ὠρείθυια ἐϋπλόκαμός τ᾽ Ἀμάθεια
ἄλλαι θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ βένθος ἁλὸς Νηρηΐδες ἦσαν.
τῶν δὲ καὶ ἀργύφεον πλῆτο σπέος: αἳ δ᾽ ἅμα πᾶσαι
στήθεα πεπλήγοντο, Θέτις δ᾽ ἐξῆρχε γόοιο:
‘κλῦτε κασίγνηται Νηρηΐδες,
Then terribly did Achilles groan aloud, and his queenly mother heard him as she sat in the depths of the sea beside the old man her father. Thereat she uttered a shrill cry, and the goddesses thronged about her, even all the daughters of Nereus that were in the deep of the sea. There were Glauce and Thaleia and Cymodoce, Nesaea and Speio and Thoë and ox-eyed Halië, and Cymothoë and Actaeä and Limnoreia, and Melite and Iaera and Amphithoe and Agave, Doto and Proto and Pherousa and Dynamene, and Dexamene and Amphinone and Callianeira, Doris and Pynope and glorious Galatea, Nemertes and Apseudes and Callianassa, and there were Clymene and Ianeira and Ianassa, Maera and Orithyia and fair-tressed Amatheia, and other Nereids that were in the deep of the sea. With these the bright cave was filled, and they all alike beat their breasts, and Thetis was leader in their lamenting: “Listen, sister Nereids,
English Translation by A.T. Murray
Hesiod, Theogony 240-264:
Νηρῆος δ᾽ ἐγένοντο μεγήρατα τέκνα θεάων
πόντῳ ἐν ἀτρυγέτῳ καὶ Δωρίδος ἠυκόμοιο,
κούρης Ὠκεανοῖο, τελήεντος ποταμοῖο,
Πλωτώ τ᾽ Εὐκράντη τε Σαώ τ᾽ Ἀμφιτρίτη τε
Εὐδώρη τε Θέτις τε Γαλήνη τε Γλαύκη τε
Κυμοθόη Σπειώ τε Θόη θ᾽ Ἀλίη τ᾽ ἐρόεσσα
Πασιθέη τ᾽ Ἐρατώ τε καὶ Εὐνίκη ῥοδόπηχυς
καὶ Μελίτη χαρίεσσα καὶ Εὐλιμένη καὶ Ἀγαυὴ
Δωτώ τε Πρωτώ τε Φέρουσά τε Δυναμένη τε
Νησαίη τε καὶ Ἀκταίη καὶ Πρωτομέδεια
Δωρὶς καὶ Πανόπεια καὶ εὐειδὴς Γαλάτεια
Ἱπποθόη τ᾽ ἐρόεσσα καὶ Ἱππονόη ῥοδόπηχυς
Κυμοδόκη θ᾽, ἣ κύματ᾽ ἐν ἠεροειδέι πόντῳ
πνοιάς τε ζαέων ἀνέμων σὺν Κυματολήγῃ
ῥεῖα πρηΰνει καὶ ἐυσφύρῳ Ἀμφιτρίτῃ,
Κυμώ τ᾽ Ἠιόνη τε ἐυστέφανός θ᾽ Ἁλιμήδη
Γλαυκονόμη τε φιλομμειδὴς καὶ Ποντοπόρεια
Ληαγόρη τε καὶ Εὐαγόρη καὶ Λαομέδεια
Πουλυνόη τε καὶ Αὐτονόη καὶ Λυσιάνασσα
Εὐάρνη τε φυήν τ᾽ ἐρατὴ καὶ εἶδος ἄμωμος
καὶ Ψαμάθη χαρίεσσα δέμας δίη τε Μενίππη
Νησώ τ᾽ Εὐπόμπη τε Θεμιστώ τε Προνόη τε
Νημερτής θ᾽, ἣ πατρὸς ἔχει νόον ἀθανάτοιο.
αὗται μὲν Νηρῆος ἀμύμονος ἐξεγένοντο
κοῦραι πεντήκοντα, ἀμύμονα ἔργα ἰδυῖαι.
And of Nereus and rich-haired Doris, daughter of Ocean the perfect river, were born children, passing lovely amongst goddesses, Ploto, Eucrante, Sao, and Amphitrite, and Eudora, and Thetis, Galene and Glauce, Cymothoe, Speo, Thoe and lovely Halie, and Pasithea, and Erato, and rosy-armed Eunice, and gracious Melite, and Eulimene, and Agaue, Doto, Proto, Pherusa, and Dynamene, and Nisaea, and Actaea, and Protomedea, Doris, Panopea, and comely Galatea, and lovely Hippothoe, and rosy-armed Hipponoe, and Cymodoce who with Cymatolege and Amphitrite easily calms the waves upon the misty sea and the blasts of raging winds, and Cymo, and Eione, and rich-crowned Alimede, and Glauconome, fond of laughter, and Pontoporea, Leagore, Euagore, and Laomedea, and Polynoe, and Autonoe, and Lysianassa, and Euarne, lovely of shape and without blemish of form, and Psamathe of charming figure and divine Menippe, Neso, Eupompe, Themisto, Pronoe, and Nemertes who has the nature of her deathless father. These fifty daughters sprang from blameless Nereus, skilled in excellent crafts.
English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White