Neda
(Νέδα), an Arcadian nymph, from whom the river Neda and also a town (Steph. Byz. s. v.) derived their name. She was believed, conjointly with Theisoa and Hagno, to have nursed the infant Zeus (Callim. Hymn. in Jov. 38; Paus. 8.38.3). In a Messenian tradition Neda and Ithome were called nurses of Zeus (Paus. 4.33.2). She was represented at Athens in the temple of Athena. (Paus. 8.47.2.) [L.S]
NEDA (Νέδα), now Búzi, a river of Peloponnesus, rises in Mt. Cerausium, a branch of Mt. Lycaeus in Arcadia, and flows with many windings in a westerly direction past Phigalia, first forming the boundary between Arcadia and Messenia, and afterwards between Elis and Messenia. It falls into the Ionian sea, and near its mouth is navigable for small boats. (Paus. 4.20. §§ 1, 2, 4.36.7, 5.6.3, 8.38.3, 8.41. §§ 1, 2; Strab. viii. pp. 344, 348; Leake, Morea, vol. i. pp. 56, 485; Ross, Reisen im Peloponnes, p. 84; Curtius, Peloponnesos, vol. ii. pp. 152, 185.)
(Νέδα). A river in the Peloponnesus, rising in Arcadia and emptying into the Ionian Sea (Pausan. iv. 20, 1).
- nurse of Zeus: Paus. 4.33.1, Paus. 8.31.4, Paus. 8.38.3, Paus. 8.47.3
- boundary between Messenia and Elis: Paus. 4.20.1ff., Paus. 4.36.7, Paus. 5.6.3, Paus. 8.38.3, Paus. 8.41.2
- its springs: Paus. 8.41.3
- its windings: Paus. 8.41.3