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NaiadeV Kariai
Naiades Kariai
Naïdes Cariae
Of Caria (region) |
THE NAIADES KARIAI were the Naiad Nymphs of the springs and rivers of Karia (region in Anatolia), and sisters of the Nymph Salmakis.
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| Presumably daughters of the River MAIANDROS |
"[Near] the towns of Lycia ... and Carae ... there is a pool, a limpid shining pool, clear to its very bottom ... A Nympha [Salmakis] dwelt there, not one to bend the bow or join the hunt or run to win the race; she was the only of the Naides unknown to swift Diana [Artemis]. Many a time her sisters [the Naides Kariai] chide her: ‘Come, Salmacis, get out your spear or painted quiver; vary your hours of ease with hardships of the chase.’ Yet never spear she took nor painted quiver, nor would vary her hours of ease with hardships of the chase." - Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.302
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- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st BC - C1st AD
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