Crinaeae

In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae (/kraɪˈniːiː/; Ancient Greek: Κρηναῖαι, from Greek "κρήνη") were a type of Naiad nymphs associated with fountains or wells.^[1]

The number of Crinaeae includes but is not limited to:

• Aganippe^[2]
• Appias^[3][4]
• Myrtoessa^[5]
• The Sithnides (a group of nymphs associated with a fountain in Megara)^[6]

See also

• Camenae
• Pegaeae

Notes

1. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 90. ISBN 9780786471119.
2. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.29.3; Virgil, Eclogae 10.12
3. Ovid, Remedia Amoris 659; Ars Amatoria 1.81 & 3.451
4. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. pp. 14, 90. ISBN 9780786471119.
5. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.31.4
6. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.40.1

References

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 1216
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, The Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) translated by A.S. Kline. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Eclogues. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1895. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.