The Nymphs

Reading notes

• The Art of Love §1.23 naiad

  A water-nymph; the unattainable beloved who kept Daphnis pale.

• The Art of Love §2.5 Naiads

  Water-nymphs, who carried off Hylas for love of his beauty.

• The Heroides §4 Nymphs

  Nature-goddesses of springs and woods, prayed to grant the thirsty hunter water.

• The Heroides §7 the nymphs

  Nature-spirits whose cry Dido thought she heard at the fatal cave — in truth the Furies' omen.

• The Heroides §15 a Naiad

  A water-nymph who appears to Sappho and counsels the Leucadian leap.

• The Festivals §4.21 nymphs

  The spring- and grove-nymphs whose pardon the shepherd begs for troubling their waters.

• The Festivals §6.9 nymphs

  The minor female nature-deities present at Cybele's feast.

• Metamorphoses §1.5 the nymphs

  Minor female nature-deities of springs, woods, and hills; rustic powers not yet granted a place in heaven.