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{{Short description|Nymphs in Greek mythology}}
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In [[Religion:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the '''Napaeae''' ({{IPAc-en|n|ə|ˈ|p|iː|iː}}; {{lang-grc|ναπαῖαι}}, from νάπη, "a wooded dell") were a type of [[Unsolved:Nymph|nymph]] that lived in wooded [[Earth:Valley|valley]]s, [[Earth:Glen|glen]]s or [[Earth:Grotto|grotto]]es.<ref>''Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities'' 1898, ''s.v.'' "Napaeae".</ref>  Statius invoked them in his ''Thebaid'', when the [[Unsolved:Naiad|naiad]] Ismenis addresses her mortal son Krenaios:
{{quote|I was held a greater goddess and the queen of Nymphae. Where alas! is that late crowd of courtiers round thy mother's halls, where are the Napaeae that prayed to serve thee?<ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' 9.385; see also ''Thebaid'' 4.259.</ref>}}

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