Nyseides
(Νύσιαι), or NYSIADES, the nymphs of Nysa, who are said to have reared Dionysus, and whose names are Cisseis, Nysa, Erato, Eriphia, Bromia, and Polyhymno. (Hyg. Fab. 182, Poet. Astr. 2.21; Apoilod. 3.4.3 Ov. Met. 3.314, Fast. 3.769; Orph. Hymn. 50. 14; Schol. ad Hom. Il. 23.486.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.