| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Ναιαδες Κυπριαι |
Naiades Kypriai |
Naiades Cypriae |
Naiads of the
Island of Cyprus |
THE NAIADES KYPRIAI were Naiad Nymphs of the island of Kypros (Cyprus). They were entrusted by Aphrodite with the nursing of the boy Adonis.
| PARENTS |
| Presumably daughters of a local RIVER-GOD |
Ovid, Metamorphoses 10. 513 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"The tree [of Myrrha who had been transformed into a myrrh-tree] split open and the sundered bark yielded its living load; a baby boy [Adonis] squalled, and the Naides laid him on soft grass and bathed him in his mother’s flowing tears [myrrh]."
Sources:
- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st BC - C1st AD
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