Lampad

The Lampads /ˈlæmpədz, ˈlæmˌpædz/ or Lampades /ˈlæmpəˌdiːz/ (Greek: Λαμπάδες, from Greek: λαμπάς, lampas, meaning 'torch'^[1] are the torch-bearing nymphs who followed Hecate in Greek mythology.^[2]

Mythology

The only surviving source which mentions the Lampades is a fragment of Alcman.^[3]^[2] Companions of Hecate, the Greek goddess of witchcraft and crossroads, they were a gift from Zeus for Hecate's loyalty in the Titanomachy.^{[citation needed]} They bear torches and accompany Hecate on her night-time travels and hauntings.^{[citation needed]} Some accounts tell of how the light of the Lampads' torches has the power to drive one to madness.

The Lampads' Roman name is nymphae Avernales ("infernal nymphs").^[4]

References

^ Liddell, Henry; Scott, Robert, eds. (1940). "λαμπάς, n.". A Greek-English Lexicon. Clarendon Press.
^ ^a ^b Serafini, Nicola (2013). "LA DEA ECATE, LE TORCE E LE NINFE LAMPADI: UN FRAMMENTO DI ALCMANE DA RIVALUTARE (FR. 63 DAVIES)". Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica. 104 (2): 11–22. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
^ Fr. 63 in Davies, Malcom, ed. (1991). Poetarum Melicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, Vol. I: Alcman, Stesichorus, Ibycus. Clarendon Press.
^ Adam, Alexander (1814). A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue. Edinburgh. p. 146. Avernales nymphae, the infernal nymphs, Ovid. Met. 5, 540.

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[1] Liddell, Henry; Scott, Robert, eds. (1940). "λαμπάς, n.". A Greek-English Lexicon. Clarendon Press.

[serafini-2] Serafini, Nicola (2013). "LA DEA ECATE, LE TORCE E LE NINFE LAMPADI: UN FRAMMENTO DI ALCMANE DA RIVALUTARE (FR. 63 DAVIES)". Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica. 104 (2): 11–22. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[3] Fr. 63 in Davies, Malcom, ed. (1991). Poetarum Melicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, Vol. I: Alcman, Stesichorus, Ibycus. Clarendon Press.

[4] Adam, Alexander (1814). A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue. Edinburgh. p. 146. Avernales nymphae, the infernal nymphs, Ovid. Met. 5, 540.

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