| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Νυμφαι Αστακιδες |
Nymphai Astakides |
Nymphae Astacides |
Nymphs of
Lake Astacus |
THE ASTAKIDES (or Astacides) were Naiad Nymphs of Lake Astakos (Astacus) in Bithynia in nothern Anatolia.
| PARENTS |
| Presumably daughters of Lake ASTAKOS or the River SAGGARIOS |
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15. 370 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"The Nymphe of the mountain [Didymos] was sore offended at manslaying Nikaia [a Nymphe who slew the shepherd who loved her with an arrow], and lamented over the body of Hymnos; in her watery hall the girl [Naias] of [the river] Rhyndakos groaned, carried along barefoot by the water; the Naiades wept . . . in the heights of Didymos, gathering near the woods, the Astakides [Nymphai of Astakos] upbraided the Nymphe [Nikaia] of Kybele with her ways, singing the dirge."
Sources:
- Nonnos, Dionysiaca - Greek Epic C5th AD
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