Oreads

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Oreads [1]

were nymphs who presided over the mountains, daughters of Jupiter. They were very numerous, Diana having a thousand to attend her. These nymphs were accredited with having first reclaimed men from devouring each other, by teaching them to subsist on acorns and chestnuts.

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