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DRYADES, or HAMADRYADES

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 608 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DRYADES, or HAMADRYADES , in See also:Greek See also:mythology, See also:nymphs of trees and See also:woods. Each particular See also:tree (See also:Spur) was the See also:home of its own See also:special Dryad, who was supposed to be See also:born and to See also:die with it (bi a).

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