a Sicilian Nereid

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• nereid — /near ee id/, n. 1. any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms. adj. 2. of or pertaining to the family Nereididae. [1830 40; < NL Nereididae family name; see NEREID, IDAE] * * * In Greek mythology, any… …   Universalium

• Nereid — /near ee id/, n. 1. (sometimes l.c.) Class. Myth. any of the 50 daughters of Nereus; a sea nymph. 2. Astron. a moon of the planet Neptune. [ < L Nereid (s. of Nereis) < Gk, s. of Nereís. See NEREUS, ID1] * * * In Greek mythology, any of the… …   Universalium

• Galatea (mythology) — For the Sicilian nereid in love with Acis, see Acis and Galatea (mythology) For the wife of Lamprus, who prayed to Leto that her daughter be turned into a son, see Leucippus (mythology) Galatea (Greek: Γαλάτεια; she who is milk white )[1] is a… …   Wikipedia

• Polyphemus — /pol euh fee meuhs/, n. Class. Myth. a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus. * * * In Greek mythology, a Cyclops. He was the son of Poseidon and the nymph Thoösa. When Odysseus and his companions were cast ashore on the coast of Sicily, Polyphemus …   Universalium

• Acis and Galatea (mythology) — For other meanings, see ACIS (disambiguation) In Ovid s Metamorphoses (xiii.750 68) Acis was the spirit of the Acis River in Sicily, beloved of the nereid, or sea nymph, [Hesiod Theogony ; Homer Iliad .] Galatea ( she who is milk white ). Galatea …   Wikipedia

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium

• Malta — This article is about the Mediterranean country. For other uses, see Malta (disambiguation). Republic of Malta Repubblika ta Malta …   Wikipedia

• Cyclops — Polyphemus, by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802 (Landesmuseum Oldenburg) This article is about the mythical creature. For other uses, see Cyclops (disambiguation). A cyclops ( …   Wikipedia

• Acis — /ay sis/, n. Class. Myth. the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy. * * * ▪ Greek mythology       in the Greek mythology of Ovid, the son of Faunus (Pan) and the nymph Symaethis. He was a beautiful shepherd of Sicily, the lover… …   Universalium

• List of Metamorphoses characters — Cover of George Sandys s 1632 edition of Ovid s Metamorphosis Englished This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where they appear. The… …   Wikipedia