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ASTAKIDES

Greek Name

Νυμφαι Αστακιδες

Transliteration

Nymphai Astakides

Latin Spelling

Nymphae Astacides

Translation

Nymphs of Astacus

THE ASTAKIDES (Astacides) were the Naiad-nymphs of Lake Astakos (Astacus) in Bithynia (northern Anatolia).

PARENTS

Presumably daughters of Lake ASTAKOS or the River SAGGARIOS

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15. 370 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"[The virgin nymphe Nikaia (Nicaea) slew the shepherd Hymnos who loved her :] The Nymphe of the mountain [Didymos] was sore offended at manslaying Nikaia, and lamented over the body of Hymnos; in her watery hall the girl [Naias] of [the river] Rhyndakos (Rhyndacus) groaned, carried along barefoot by the water; the Naiades wept . . . in the heights of Didymos, gathering near the woods, the Astakides (Astacides) [nymphai of Lake Astakos] upbraided the Nymphe of Kybele (Cybele) with her ways, singing the dirge."