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PaktwlideV
Paktôlides
Pactolides
Of the Pactolus (river) |
THE PAKTOLIDES (or Pactolides) were Naiad Nymphs of the River Paktolos in Lydia (Anatolia)
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| Presumably daughters of the River PAKTOLOS |
"In all the towns of Lydia Arachne’s work had won a memorable name, although her home was humble and Hypaepae where she lived was humble too. To watch her wondrous work the Nymphae would often leave their vine-clad slopes of [Mt] Tmolus [Oreades], often leave Pactolus’ stream [Naiades], delighted both to see the cloth she wove and watch her working too; such grace she had." - Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.15
"Pallas [Athena] [came to challenge Arakhne] and threw aside the old crone’s guise and stood revealed. The Nymphae and Lydian women knelt in reverence." - Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.44
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- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st BC - C1st AD
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