In the Idylls of Theocritus, there is mention of a group of nymphs under the name "Limnades" (; ).RE, s.v. Limnades. In Neil Hopkinson's translation, they are referred to as "Nymphs of the lake".Hopkinson, p. 85.
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References Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XIII, Halbband 1, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1926. Wikisource. Theocritus, Idylls in Theocritus. Moschus. Bion, edited and translated by Neil Hopkinson, Loeb Classical Library No. 28, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2015. . Harvard University Press.