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The Naides or Naiades preside over fountains and springs; the
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The Naiades are intimately connected in idea with those flowers which are called after them
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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Solimoens, near Teffe, and might have mistaken them for fossils of that formation had I not known how Naiades burrow in the mud.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various
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Page 338 -- Naïdes amended to Naiades; page references 319 and 325 added to Naoise entry; Oeneus amended to Œneus; entry for Olivier originally had page references duplicating the entry for Oliver, these have been amended to the actual references in the text; page reference 119 added to Perseus entry.
A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang
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We often hear of the Naiades forming alliances with mortals, and also of their being wooed by the sylvan deities of the woods and dales.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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The LIMONIADES, or meadow nymphs, resemble the Naiades, and are usually represented dancing hand in hand in a circle.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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This was the order of these _Mimallons_, _Satirs_, and seruants to Bacchus, bawds, _Tyades_, _Naiades_ and such as followed after.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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Santarem, and I have readily recognised them for what they truly are, fresh-water shells of the family of Naiades.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various
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To Phaeton the Italian Naiades reared a tomb, and inscribed on the stone these words:
A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang
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Hearken to the singing of the brooks, and fear not the rain of the fountains; so will the Naiades learn to love thee.
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