Oread



In Greek mythology, an Oread (Ὀρειάς, stem Ὀρειάδ-, Oreas/Oread-, from ὄρος; Oréade) or Orestiad (Ὀρεστιάδες) is a mountain nymph. Oreads differ from each other according to their dwelling: the Idaeae were from Mount Ida, Peliades from Mount Pelion, etc. Myths associated the Oreads with Artemis, since the goddess, when she went out hunting, preferred mountains and rocky precipices.

The generic term "oread" itself appears to be Hellenistic (first attested in the Epitaph of Adonis  of Bion of Smyrna,  c. 100 BCE).

List of Oreads
The number of Oreads includes but is not limited to:

Honours

 * Oread Institute, a former women's college in Worcester, Massachusetts
 * Mount Oread in Lawrence, Kansas, named after the institute by settlers from Worcester
 * Oread Lake in Antarctica