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| | nymph, in Greek mythology |
 | | Nymphs were represented as young, beautiful, musical, amorous, and gentle, although some were associated with the wilder aspects of nature and were akin to satyrs; others were vengeful and capable of destruction, as in the story of |
 | | Other important nymphs were naiads, nymphs of streams, rivers, and lakes; nereids, daughters of Nereus, who lived in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea; dryads, tree nymphs; and oceanids, 3,000 ocean nymphs who were the daughters of Oceanus. |
 | | Arethusa, in Greek mythology - Arethusa, in Greek mythology, nymph favored by Artemis and loved by the river god Alpheus. |
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