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The Nereid Monument. From Xanthos (Lycia), modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey. 390-380 BCE. Room 17, the British Museum, London
The Nereid Monument. From Xanthos (Lycia), modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey. 390-380 BCE. Room 17, the British Museum, London

The Nereids are the fifty daughters of the god Nereus and the Okeanid Doris in Greek mythology. They are sea nymphs of the Mediterranean Sea.

Among them are:

Images for kids

  • Nereid pompeii fresco

    Nereid half reclining on the back of a seahorse, fresco from Pompeii

  • French Empire mantel clock

    French Empire mantel clock (1822) depicting the nereid Galatea velificans

  • Sea thiasos Nereis Glyptothek Munich 239 front n1

    Nereid riding a sea-bull (latter 2nd century BC)

See also

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