Talk:Auloniad

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Couldn't the derivation of Auloniad be from auloi (sing. aulos, flute), thus making the auloniads nymphs of the flute?

Unclear grammar

The last sentence is very long and convoluted, which makes it unclear. It sounds as if Apollo and Cyrene wished to "ravage" Eurydice (do you mean "ravish", by any chance?). SiGarb 18:18, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed the grammar as you asked. But now I wonder if Aulonaids are "real" nymphs. I can't find them anywhere else but Wikipedia. 24.14.198.8 05:19, 22 June 2007 (UTC) Chris G.[reply]

Is Auloniad notable?

See the discussion at User talk:Mr swordfish#Auloniad Викидим (talk) 23:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also Talk:Nymph#Types of nymphs that IMHO explains that in Greek mythology this was a one-off word (Hapax legomenon, as I was told) that was never used to describe anything, and not even used anywhere beyond a list in Orphic Hymns 51.7. If this is true (and info and sources from Michael Aurel are quite convincing IMHO), the this article has to be either:

replaced by a redirect Nymph#List or
rewritten to reflect that the notion does not come from the Greek mythology and is actually a literary creation of modern times. IMHO this second option does not have enough sources for the article to exist on its own.

Викидим (talk) 19:12, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't be opposed to the second option, though (as you say) we would probably want a source discussing its usage in modern literature if that were to become the focus of the page. – Michael Aurel (talk) 03:19, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]