Auloniad
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The names of the species of the nymphs varied according to their natural abode. The Auloniad (from the classical Greek αύλών; valley, ravine) was a nymph who could be found in the mountain pastures and vales, often in the company of Pan, the god of nature.
Eurydice, for whom Orpheus traveled into dark Hades, was an Auloniad, and it is in the valley of the Thessalian river Pineios where she met her death at the hands of Aristaeus. Aristaeus was the son of the god Apollo and the nymph Cyrene, whose desire to ravish Eurydice led the nymph to run away and tread on a poisonous serpent.
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