Auloniad
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The names of the species of the
nymphs varied according to their natural abode. The
Aulonaid (from the classical Greek αύλών; valley, ravine) was a nymph who could be found in the mountain pastures and vales, often in the company of
Pan, the god of nature.
Eurydice, for whom
Orpheus traveled into dark
Hades, was an Auloniad, and it is in the valley of the
Thessalian river
Pineios where she met her death at the hands of
Aristaeus, son of the god
Apollo and the nymph Cyrene, whose desire to ravage her led her to tread on a poisonous serpent.
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