Hom. Od. i. 52.
XXIII. “Both man and dame excludes the Nereid throng.”
——τὸν εὐγενῆ
... πεντήκοντα Νηρῄδων χορόν.
Eurip. Iph. in Taur. 273.
“The illustrious band of the fifty Nereids.”
XXIV. “And swam with matchless skill—their element the sea.”
Nadan en su cristal ninfas bizarras,
Compitiendo con el candidos pechos.
Lope de Vega, Sonetos.