Nysiads
The Nysiads are nymphs who nursed Dionysus at Mount Nysa, the birthplace of the god in Greek mythology. On a vase of Sophilos the Nysiads are named νύσαι (nusae).
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When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Pherecydes of Syros in the 6th century BC.
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“It is perhaps associated with Mount Nysa, the birthplace of the god in Greek mythology, where he was nursed by nymphs (the Nysiads), although Pherecydes of Syros had postulated nũsa as an archaic word for "tree" by the sixth century BC. On a vase of Sophilos the Nysiads are named νύσαι (nusae).”
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“In Greek mythology, the Nysiads or Nysiades (Ancient Greek: Νυσιάδες, lit. 'of Mount Nysa' or 'Nymphs of Mount Nysa') were Oceanid nymphs of mythical Mount Nysa. Zeus entrusted the infant god Dionysus to their care, and the Nysiads raised him with the assistance of the old satyr-god Silenus. When Dionysus was grown, the Nysiads joined his company as the first of the Maenads.”
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