Oread

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Les Oréades (1902) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, in Musée d'Orsay

In Greek mythology, Oreads (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx) or Orestiads (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx) are mountain nymphs.<ref>Hard, p. 210; Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Nymphs.</ref> They are described as being companions of Artemis, or as being found alongside gods such as Pan or Dionysus.<ref>RE, s.v. Oreaden.</ref>

A 2nd-century AD epigram relates that, with the help of the daughters of Nilus, they erected a place of worship in honour of the woman Isidora, who died by drowning.<ref>RE, s.v. Oreaden.</ref>

References

• Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 9, Mini – Obe, edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2006. Template:ISBN.
• Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", London and New York, Routledge, 2004. Template:ISBN. {{#invoke:doi|main}}.
• Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XVIII, Halbband 1, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1939. Wikisource.