Crinaeae

In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae (/kraɪˈniːiː/; Ancient Greek: Κρηναῖαι) were a type of Naiad nymphs associated with fountains or wells.

The number of Crinaeae includes but is not limited to:[1]

Aganippe[2][3]
Appias (Roman mythology)[4]
Myrtoessa (one of the nurses of infant Zeus, lived in a well in Arcadia)[5]
The Sithnides (a group of nymphs associated with a fountain in Megara)[6]

See also

Camenae
Pegaeae

Nymphs

Alseid - Auloniad - Aurai - Crinaeae - Dryads - Eleionomae - Hamadryads - Hesperides - Hyades - Lampads - Leuce - Limnades - Meliae - Melinoë - Minthe - Naiads - Napaeae - Nephele - Nereids - Oceanids - Oreads - Pegaeae - Pegasides - Pleiades - Potamides - Semystra - Thriae -

References

"Theoi Project – List of Nymphs and types of Nymphs". Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 29. § 3
Virgil, Eclogae 10. 12.
Ovid, Remedia Amoris, 659; Ars Amatoria, 1. 81., 3. 451
Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.31.4

Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.40.1

Sources

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 1216

Greek Mythology

See also : Greek Mythology. Paintings, Drawings

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