The Nereids   NE ruhds

The Daughters of Nereus

The fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris; called the Daughters of the Sea. Listed by Hesiod in Theogony (lines 240-264) as: Agaue, Aktaie (Actaie), Alimede, Amphitrite, Autonoe, Doris, Doto, Dynamene, Eione, Erato, Euagore, Euarne, Eudora, Eukrante (Eucrante), Eulimene, Eunike (Eunice), Eupompe, Galatea, Galene, Glauke (Glauce), Glaukonome (Glauconome), Halie, Hipponoe, Hippothoe, Kymatolege (Cymatolege), Kymo (Cymo), Kymodoke (Cymodoce), Kymothoe (Cymothoe), Laomedea, Leagore, Lysianassa, Melite, Menippe, Nemertes, Neso, Nesaie Panopeia, Pasithea, Pherousa, Ploto, Poulynoe, Pontoporeia, Pronoe, Proto, Protomedeia, Psamathe, Sao, Speio, Themisto, Thetis and Thoe.

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The Nereids in The Iliad (listed by book and line)

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Agaue

Aktaia (Actaia)

Amphinome

Amphithoe

Apseudes

Dexamene

Doris

Doto

Dynamene

Galateia

Glauke (Glauce)

Halia

Iaira

Ianassa

Ianeira

Kallianassa

Kallianeira

Klymene

Kumodoke

Kumothoe

Limnoreia

Maira

Melite

Nemertes

Nesaie

Oreithyia

Pherousa

Panope

Proto

Speio

Thaleia

Thoe

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