Nereids

Summary

Nereids is a group of Greek mythical characters^[1]. Nereids draws 880 Wikipedia views per month (group_of_greek_mythical_characters category, ranking #11 of 80).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nereids's father was Nereus^[3].
• Nereids's mother was Doris^[4].
• Nereids's image is recorded as Sea thiasos Nereis Glyptothek Munich 239 front n1.jpg^[5].
• Nereids's instance of is recorded as group of Greek mythical characters^[6].
• Nereids's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 9813157583871533970000^[7].
• Nereids's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12494393m^[8].
• Nereids's IdRef ID is recorded as 034157867^[9].
• Nereids's subclass of is recorded as Greek nymph^[10].
• Nereids's subclass of is recorded as Greek water deities^[11].
• Nereids's Commons category is recorded as Nereids^[12].
• Nereids's has part is recorded as Pherusa^[13].
• Nereids's has part is recorded as Ploto^[14].
• Nereids's has part is recorded as Arethusa^[15].
• Nereids's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05f0w^[16].
• Nereids's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nereids^[17].
• Nereids's Iconclass notation is recorded as 92I2^[18].
• Nereids's depicted by is recorded as Fragment of a sarcophagus with a Nereid and Triton^[19].
• Nereids's depicted by is recorded as Nereide su ippocampo^[20].
• Nereids's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[21].
• Nereids's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Nereids's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Nereids's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[24].
• Nereids's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[25].
• Nereids's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[26].
• Nereids's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Nereid-Greek-mythology^[27].

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Origins and Family

Nereids's father was Nereus^[3]. Nereids's mother was Doris^[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Nereids include Nereid^[28], a moon of Neptune^[29]; Nerine^[30], a taxon^[31]; and Nereis^[32], a taxon^[33].

Why It Matters

Nereids draws 880 Wikipedia views per month (group_of_greek_mythical_characters category, ranking #11 of 80).^[2] Nereids has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Nereids is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Nereids include Nereid^[28], a moon of Neptune^[29]; Nerine^[30], a taxon^[31]; and Nereis^[32], a taxon^[33].

FAQs

Who were Nereids's parents?

Nereids's father was Nereus^[3]. Nereids's mother was Doris^[4].