Nymphs

Inferior godde es of the mountains, forests, waters, or meadows. Those presiding over rivers, ., were Oceanides, Naiads, Nereids; those over mountains, Oreiads; those over woods and trees, Dryads and Hamadryads; those over valleys, Napææ, . They were represented in art as beautiful young women. The waters of Hades had their presiding nymphs, the Avernales. o. O was used as a numeral by the ancients to represent 11, and with a dash over it (Ō) to denote 11,000. O , O. E. Anything circular. Shakspeare calls the stars “those fiery O’s.”