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In Greek Mythology, the Nysiads or Nysiades (Νυσιάδες) were Okeanid nymphs of mythical Mount Nysa. Zeus entrusted the infant god Dionysus〔Homeric Hymn 26 to Dionysus 2 ff〕 to their care, and the Nysiads raised him with the assistance of the old satyr-god Seilenos. When Dionysus was grown the Nysiads joined his company as the first of the Bakkhantes. The names of the nymphs include:〔Hyginus, ''Fabulae'', 182〕 * Ambrosia * Arsinoe * Bromia or Bromis * Cisseis * Coronis * Erato * Eriphia * Nysa〔Also occurs in Terpander, Fragment 9〕〔In Diodorus Siculus' ''Library of History'', 3. 69, she is called daughter of Aristaeus〕 * Pedile * Polymno or Polyhymno Also mentioned are Callichore and Calyce〔Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'', 14. 219 ff〕 (after whom two moons of Jupiter, Kallichore and Kalyke, are named). In later tellings of Dionysus's infancy, the Nysiades appear to be identified with the Hyades.〔In ''Bibliotheca'' 3. 4. 3, the identification is explicit: "...the Nymphai of Asian Nysa, whom Zeus in later times placed among the stars and named the Hyades."〕 The term might have been used for the Pleiades and the Hyades as Dionysus's tutors altogether. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nysiads」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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