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The naiads bathed not in Scamanders stream nor Simois, nor the nereids in the waters of the bright gean Sea.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWIn modern Greece it is believed that Nereids can be caught by seizing their wings, their clothes, or even their handkerchiefs.
THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALESEDWIN SIDNEY HARTLANDTwo enormous fountains adorned with Tritons, Nereids, and Dolphins beautify the court.
THE HARRIS-INGRAM EXPERIMENTCHARLES E. BOLTONThe nereids are, like the fairy ladies, beautiful and capricious, and are likewise invariably blue eyed and golden haired.
THE NEW GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIAVARIOUSNereids travel on whirlwinds, and, like the Celtic fairies, cause spinning spirals of dust on highways.
THE NEW GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIAVARIOUSNereus: 'the good spirit of the gean Sea,' father of the nereids or sea-nymphs.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROSE AND POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTONHIRAM CORSONVenus, aided by the Nereids, effects their deliverance; and Gama sails away, fearing treachery.
THE LUSIADLUS DE CAMESThe pipers and harpers held in mute astonishment the Nereids and even the Sirens with their sweet modulations.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND HOW HE RECEIVED AND IMPARTED THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERYJUSTIN WINSORA bath, indeed, for all the Nereids named by Hesiod, with room enough for the Tritons and their herds and horses.
IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS AND POEMSWALTER SAVAGE LANDORBoasting that she was fairer than the sea-nymphs, she offended the Nereids, who complained to Neptune.
CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA, VOL 1THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.