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DhliadeV
Dêliades
Of Delos (island) |
THE DELIADES were Naiad Nymphs of the springs of the River Inopos on the Island of Delos (Greek Aegean).
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| INOPOS (Callimachus Hymn to Delos) |
"The child leapt forth [Apollon was born of Leto] and the Nymphai Deliades (of Delos), offspring of an ancient river [Inopos], sang with far-sounding voice the holy chant of Eileithyia. And straightway the brazen sky echoed back the far-reaching chant and Hera grudged it not, because Zeus had taken away her anger. In that hour, O Delos, all thy foundations became of gold: with gold thy round lake flowed all day, and golden foliage thy natal olive-tree put forth and with gold flowed coiled Inopos in deep flood." - Callimachus, Hymn IV to Delos 252
"But when the Nymphai encircle thee [Artemis] in the dance, near the springs of Aigyptian Inopos or Pitane - for Pitane too is thine - or in Limnai or where, goddess, thou camest from Skythia to dwell, in Alai … for the god Helios never passes by that beauteous dance, but stays his car to gaze upon the sight, and lights of day are lengthened." - Callimachus, Hymn III to Artemis 170
Sources:
- Callimachus, Hymns - Greek C3rd BC
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