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Dryades

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Hamadryades, in Greek mythology, nymphs of trees and woods. Each particular tree Ras) was the home of its own special Dryad, who was supposed to be born and to die with it (64m).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dryades'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​d/dryades.html. 1910.
 
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