Limnades

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In the Idylls of Theocritus, there is mention of a group of nymphs under the name "Limnades" (/ˈlɪmnædz, -nədz/; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.).[1] In Neil Hopkinson's translation, they are referred to as "Nymphs of the lake".[2]

Notes

  1. RE, s.v. Limnades.
  2. Hopkinson, p. 85.

References

  • Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XIII, Halbband 1, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1926. Wikisource.
  • Theocritus, Idylls in Theocritus. Moschus. Bion, edited and translated by Neil Hopkinson, Loeb Classical Library No. 28, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-99644-1. Harvard University Press.

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