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Definition of Oreides
1. oreide [n] - See also: oreide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oreides
Literary usage of Oreides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1819)
"Under the Semones were comprehended the NYMPHS, (nymphs}, female deities, who
presided over all parts of the earth; over mountains, oreides ; woods, ..."
2. Apollonius Rhodius: The Argonautica by Apollonius (1912)
"But oreides, insolent henchman of Amycus, wounded Talaus son of Bias in the side,
but did not slay him, ..."
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