In
Greek mythology
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, Nomia (Νομία) was a
nymph
A nymph (; ; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature; they are typically tied to a specific place, land ...
of
Arcadia, where the local people believed the Nomian Mountains to have been named after her.
Mythology
Nomia was apparently a companion of
Callisto, the daughter of
Lycaon: Pausanias mentions a painting of the two, with Callisto sitting on a bearskin and her feet lying on Nomia's knees; there is also
Pero portrayed next to them.
Nomia is also a name for a type of water goddess, many believe that she started off as nothing but a nymph until one day Callisto, decided to trade her love for a god status.
Nomia is also a possible name for the Sicilian nymph who loved
Daphnis but was abandoned by him and, in revenge, blinded the young man and changed him into a rock.
[ Servius on ]Virgil
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's ''Eclogue'' 8. 68
Notes
References
*
Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
Nymphs
Mythological Arcadians
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