Greek & Roman Nymphs in Mythology

A nymph was a higher being than a human, but not immortal like a god. They were respected in mythology.

Calypso Calypso was a nymph, the daughter of the Titan Atlas. In Greek mythology, Calypso was a sea nymph who inhabited the island of Ogygia. After the last of Odysseus' men had perished at sea, she waylaid the homeward-bound Odysseus. Odysseus himself was washed ashore on Ogygia, where Calypso became enamored of him, taking him as her lover and promising him immortality if he would stay with her. Odysseus refused her offer, wishing to return home to Ithaca and to his wife, Penelope. But Calypso refused to let him leave, and held him prisoner for seven years. Finally Athena complained of Odysseus' plight to Zeus, and Zeus sent Hermes to Ogygia to order Calypso to set Odysseus free. Calypso complied reluctantly, allowing Odysseus to construct a small boat and set sail from the island.
Related information Pronunciation {ka-lip'-so}

Echo Echo was a mountain nymph and a servant of Hecate.
Echo was a nymph whose power of speech was curtailed by Hera, so that she
merely repeated the concluding phrases of a speech and returned the words
she heard. Hera did this because Echo, holding the goddess in long talk,
prevented her to catch the NYMPHS who had been in company with her husband.

That tongue of yours, by which I have been tricked, shall have its power
curtailed and enjoy the briefest use of speech. [Hera]

Echo was educated by the NYMPHS, and taught to play music by the MUSES.
Some say Echo fled from all males, whether men or Gods, because she loved
virginity. Seeing that, Pan took occasion to be angry at her, and to envy
her music because he could not come at her beauty. Therefore he turned mad
the shepherds and goatherds, and they, like dogs and wolves, tore her to
pieces and flung them about them all over the earth. Gaia buried them,
preserving their musical property, and by a decree of the MUSES they
breathe out a voice, imitating all things.

Sirens
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Acheloides Sirens Frolicking in the water(25,150 bytes)

The Sirens (Acheloides) were daughters of the river-god Achelous and a Muse.
They had been nymphs and playmates of Persephone, and for not protecting her
when she was carried off by Pluto, they were transformed into beings half-woman
and chalf-bird by Demeter. Later they were transformed into half-woman and
half-fish.
Sirens Frolicking in the water Animated Sirane

George Watts The Fisherman and the Siren

Cave Nymphs

Hylas and the Nymphs

Reclining Well Nymph 1518

Sirens In Greek mythology, the Sirens are creatures with the head of a female and the body of a bird. They lived on an island (Sirenum scopuli; three small rocky islands) and with the irresistible charm of their song they lured mariners to their destruction on the rocks surrounding their island. The Argonauts escaped them because when he heard their song, Orpheus immediately realized the peril they were in. He took out his lyre and sang a song so clear and ringing that it drowned the sound of those lovely fatal voices. When on another journey the Odysseus' ship passed the Sirens, had the sailors stuff their ears with wax. He had himself tied to the mast for he wanted to hear their beautiful voices. The Sirens sang when they approached, their words even more enticing than the melody. They would give knowledge to every man who came to them, they said, ripe wisdom and a quickening of the spirit. Odysseys' heart ran with longing but the ropes held him and the ship quickly sailed to safer waters.

Homer mentions only two sirens, but later authors mention three or four. They were regarded as the daughters of Phorcys, or the storm god Achelous. According to Ovid, they were nymphs and the play-mates of Persephone. They were present when she was abducted and, because they did not interfere, Demeter changed them into birds with female faces.

Arethusa	In Greek mythology, Arethusa was a daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was a nympth changed by Artemis into a fountain to enable her to escape the pursuit of Alpheus.
Dryades	The dryades were nymphs of the woods and trees.
Leuce	Leuce was a nymph loved by Hades. He turned her into a white poplar tree.
Na'iads	In Greek mythology, the Na'iads were nymphs of fountains and brooks.
Nereid	In Greek mythology, the Nereid were 50 sea goddesses, or nymphs, who sometimes mated with mortals. Their father was Nereus and their mother was Doris.
Oceanides	The oceanides were forty sea nymphs of the ocean. They were the daughters of Oceanus.
Oreades	The oreades were mountain nymphs.
Styx	In Greek and Roman mythology, the Styx was the principal river in the underworld. Styx was the name of a nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She dwelt at the entrance to Hades in a lofty grotto which was supported by silver columns. Styx took her children to help Zeus in the fight against the Titans.

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