Potamides

Hylas and the Water Nymphs by Henrietta Rae, 1909.

Potamides (/ˌpˈtæmɪˌdz/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ποταμίδες)[2] were a type of water nymph of Greco-Roman mythology. They were assigned to a class of nymphs of fresh water known as naiads and as such belonged to a category that presided over rivers and streams.[3]

  1. ^ Falck-Lebahn, Carl (1854); p. 296.
  2. ^ Smith, William (1849); pp. 1216–1217.
  3. ^ Black, Charles (1858); p. 396.