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The names of different species of [[nymph]]s varied according to their natural abodes. The '''Auloniad''' (from the classical Greek αύλών; valley, ravine) was a nymph who could be found in mountain pastures and vales, often in the company of [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]], the god of nature.
[[Eurydice]], for whom [[Orpheus]] traveled into dark [[Hades]], was an Auloniad, and it was in the valley of the [[Thessalia]]n river [[Pineios River (Thessaly)|Pineios]] where she met her death, indirectly, at the hands of [[Aristaeus]]. Aristaeus, son of the god [[Apollo]] and the nymph [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]], desired to ravish Eurydice. Either disgust or fear made the nymph run away from him without looking where she was going. Eurydice tread on a poisonous serpent and died.
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