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The Nereids
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)
- 18.038 ...Many of the sisters of Thetis are listed in the passages: 039-049
- 18.052 ...Thetis tells her sisters, the Nereids, of her sorrow
- 18.065 ...Thetis leads her sisters from the depths of the sea towards the camp of the Akhaians (Achaeans)
- 18.139 ...Thetis tells her sisters, the Nereids, to return to the sea because she is going to Mount Olympos (Olympus) to ask Hephaistos (Hephaestus) for new armor for her son, Akhilleus (Achilles)
- 18.146 ...As her sisters, the Nereids, plunge back into the sea, Thetis goes to Mount Olympos (Olympus)
- 18.432 ...Thetis bemoans the fact that, of all the sisters of the sea, she was chosen to marry a mortal
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Agaue
- 18.042 ...Melite, Iaira, Amphithoe and Agaue
Aktaia (Actaia)
- 18.041 ...Kumothoe (Cumothoe), Aktaia and Limnoreia
Amphinome
- 18.044 ...Dexamene, Amphinome and Kallianeira (Callianeira)
Amphithoe
- 18.042 ...Melite, Iaira, Amphithoe and Agaue
Apseudes
- 18.046 ...Nemertes, Apseudes and Kallianassa (Callianassa)
Dexamene
- 18.044 ...Dexamene, Amphinome and Kallianeira
Doris
- 18.045 ...Doris, Panope and Galateia
Doto
- 18.043 ...Doto, Proto, Dynamene and Pherousa
Dynamene
- 18.043 ...Doto, Proto, Dynamene and Pherousa
Galateia
- 18.045 ...Doris, Panope and Galateia
Glauke (Glauce)
- 18.039 ...Glauke, Kumodoke (Kumodoke), Thaleia
Halia
- 18.040 ...Nesaie, Speio, Thoe and Halia
Iaira
- 18.042 ...Melite, Iaira, Amphithoe and Agaue
Ianassa
- 18.047 ...Klymene (Klymene), Ianeira and Ianassa
Ianeira
- 18.047 ...Klymene, Ianeira and Ianassa
Kallianassa
- 18.046 ...Nemertes, Apseudes and Kallianassa
Kallianeira
- 18.044 ...Dexamene, Amphinome and Kallianeira
Klymene
- 18.047 ...Klymene, Ianeira and Ianassa
Kumodoke
- 18.039 ...Glauke, Kumodoke, Thaleia
Kumothoe
- 18.041 ...Kumothoe, Aktaia and Limnoreia
Limnoreia
- 18.041 ...Kumothoe, Aktaia and Limnoreia
Maira
- 18.048 ...Maira, Oreithyia and Amatheia
Melite
- 18.042 ...Melite, Iaira, Amphithoe and Agaue
Nemertes
- 18.046 ...Nemertes, Apseudes and Kallianassa
Nesaie
- 18.040 ...Nesaie, Speio, Thoe and Halia
Oreithyia
- 18.048 ...Maira, Oreithyia and Amatheia
Pherousa
- 18.043 ...Doto, Proto, Dynamene and Pherousa
Panope
- 18.045 ...Doris, Panope and Galateia
Proto
- 18.043 ...Doto, Proto, Dynamene and Pherousa
Speio
- 18.040 ...Nesaie, Speio, Thoe and Halia
Thaleia
- 18.039 ...Glauke, Kumodoke, Thaleia
Thoe
- 18.040 ...Nesaie, Speio, Thoe and Halia
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