{{Short description|Type of nymph in Greek mythology}} {{other uses}} {{redirect|Oréade|the submarine |French submarine Oréade{{!}}French submarine ''Oréade''}} [[File:William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Les Oréades.jpg|thumb|''Les Oréades'' (1902) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, in Musée d'Orsay ]]
In Greek mythology, '''Oreads''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɔː|r|i|ˌ|æ|d|,_|ˈ|ɔː|r|i|ə|d}}; {{langx|grc|Ὀρειάς|Oreiás}}) or '''Orestiads''' ({{IPAc-en|ɔː|ˈ|r|ɛ|s|t|i|ˌ|æ|d|,_|-|i|ə|d}}; {{langx|grc|Ὀρεστιάδες|Orestiádes|label=none}}) are mountain nymphs.<ref>Hard, p. 210; ''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Nymphs.</ref> They are described as being companions of Artemis, or as being found alongside gods such as Pan or Dionysus.<ref>''RE'', s.v. Oreaden.</ref>
A 2nd-century AD epigram relates that, with the help of the daughters of Nilus, they erected a place of worship in honour of the woman Isidora, who died by drowning.<ref>''RE'', s.v. Oreaden.</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist}}
== References == * ''Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 9'', Mini – Obe, edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2006. {{ISBN|9004122729}}. * Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', London and New York, Routledge, 2004. {{ISBN|020344633X}}. {{doi|10.4324/9780203446331}}. * ''Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'', Band XVIII, Halbband 1, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1939. [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Paulys_Realencyclop%C3%A4die_der_classischen_Altertumswissenschaft Wikisource].
{{Nymphs}} {{Authority control}} Category:Oreads Category:Nymphs Category:Mountain goddesses