Limnades

In the Idylls of Theocritus, there is mention of a group of nymphs under the name "Limnades" (/ˈlɪmnædz, -nədz/; Ancient Greek: Λιμνάδες).¹ In Neil Hopkinson's translation, they are referred to as "Nymphs of the lake".²

Notes

RE, s.v. Limnades.
Hopkinson, p. 85.

References

Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XIII, Halbband 1, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1926. Wikisource.
Theocritus, Idylls in Theocritus. Moschus. Bion, edited and translated by Neil Hopkinson, Loeb Classical Library No. 28, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-99644-1. Harvard University Press.

[1] RE, s.v. Limnades.

[2] Hopkinson, p. 85.

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