Cyrene

hunting, wild beasts

A Thessalian huntress-nymph whose fearless wrestling of a lion attracted Apollo's love, becoming the mother of Aristaeus.

cities, rivers

A Pelasgian nymph or princess who gave her name to the city of Larissa in Thessaly, one of Greece's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

cities, the sea

A nymph born to Aphrodite and Adonis, whose hand in marriage was contested by Poseidon and Dionysus.

nature, pastoral

A mountain nymph of Arcadia who, in one tradition, was the mother of Pan by Hermes — distinct from Odysseus's famous wife.

mountains, wilderness

Mountain nymphs classified among the broader family of nature spirits, dwelling on peaks and in highland caves as attendants of Artemis.

Land, territory

Oceanid nymph whose name was given to the continent of Asia

rivers, motherhood

A nymph or princess loved by Zeus, who bore the twins Amphion and Zethus, builders of Thebes' walls.

nurture, abundance

A nymph (or goat) who nursed the infant Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete.

Flocks, sheep-tending

Oceanid nymph whose name means she who tends flocks and who protected pastoral herds

Sea nymph loved by a Cyclops

Galatea was a Nereid loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus — but she loved the mortal Acis.

springs, sacrifice

A Naiad nymph who married King Erechtheus of Athens and consented to the sacrifice of her own daughters to save the city.

healing, nature

An Oceanid nymph who bore the centaur Chiron after Kronos mated with her in the form of a horse.