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KudnideV
Kydnides
Cydnides
Of the Cydnus (river) |
THE KYDNIDES (or Cydnides) were Naiad Nymphs of the River Kydnos in Kilikia (south eastern Anatolia). They joined the god Dionysos in his campaign against the Indians.
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| KYDNOS (Nonnus Dionysiaca 24.102) |
"The company of Bassarides and the ivycrowned women were saved from the roaring turmoil of the deeps [when the Indian River Hydaspes tried to drown the army of Dionysos], by the daughters of Kydnos, the River that loved Zephryos (the West Wind), since they knew the ways of the floating waters; these his father had given to Bakkhos for victory in the Indian War, Naiades well skilled in warfare, whom Kilikian Typhoeus had taught battle while he was fighting against Kronion [Zeus]." - Nonnus, Dionysiaca 24.102
"The Hydriades (Water-Nymphs) of plantloving Dionysos [daughters of the rivers Kydnos and Lamos] mingled with the Hamadryades of the trees." - Nonnus, Dionysiaca 24.123
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- Nonnos, Dionysiaca - Greek Epic C5th AD
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