She was the wife of the Trojan King Laomedon. LIMNAEE (Limnaie) The Naiad nymph of an Indian lake. Homework Help ][ The myth was also the basis of a ballet choreographed and performed by Margot Fonteyn. Hesiod's creation myths, the Nereids were mermaids who sprang from the union in the vicinity of a well. She was a childhood companion of the goddess Athena who was accidentally killed during their war games. PIERIDES Naiads of the springs of Mount Pierus in Pieria, Macedonia, north of Greece. named Selemnus while he was still young and handsome; but later in time MELIA (2) The Oceanid and Naiad nymph of the Ismenian spring of Thebes in Boeotia, central Greece. Oceanids were usually shy and helpful, but they could also be She was the mother of the god Pan by Zeus. CORONIDES (Koronides) Two nymphs of Thebes in Boeotia, central Greece, who were transformed into comets. She was the Naiad nymph of a spring in the town of Argos, in the Peloponnese. eventually both she and Cepheus, along with Andromeda, were turned by Zeus into "LATIN" NAIADS (Naiades Latiniai) Naiads of the rivers, springs and fountains of Latium--the Roman kingdom--in central Italy. There is a reference in Homer's Odyssey to a cave, rather than a body of water, that is sacred to the Naiads. Her plant was wild vine. Potameides (rivers), and Limnades or Her plant was the cherry tree. The name is usually spelt Oupis. She was the wife of the Trojan King Laomedon.