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'''Neleides''' or '''Nelides''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|iː|l|i|ɪ|d|z}} {{respell|NEEL|ee-idz}}; {{Langx|grc|Nηλείδης}}; also '''Neleiades''', {{lang|grc|Νηληιάδης}}, and '''Neleius'''), in the plural '''Neleidae''' ({{langx|grc|Νηλεῖδαι}}), was a [[patronymic]] of [[ancient Greece]] derived from [[Neleus]], son of the Greek god [[Poseidon]], and was used to refer to his descendants.<ref name="DGRBM1">{{cite encyclopedia  | last = Schmitz  | first = Leonhard  | title = Neleides  | editor = [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]  | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]  | volume = 2  | pages = 1150  | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]]  | location = Boston  | year = 1867  | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2258.html  | url-status = usurped  | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080715220631/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2258.html  | archivedate = 2008-07-15  }}</ref>  In literature, this name typically designated either [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]], the son of Neleus, or [[Antilochus]], his grandson.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' viii. 100, xi. 617, x. 87, xxiii. 514</ref><ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' xii. 553</ref><ref>[[Herodotus]], v. 65</ref>  One notable offshoot of this family line was the [[Alcmaeonidae]].<ref name="DGRBM2">{{cite encyclopedia  | last = Smith  | first = Philip | authorlink =   | title = Alcmaeonidae  | editor = [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]  | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]  | volume = 1  | pages = 105–106  | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]]  | location = Boston  | year = 1867  | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0114.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050722074358/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0114.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = July 22, 2005 }}</ref>
==List==
*[[Neleus]]
*[[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]]
*[[Antilochus (son of Nestor)|Antilochus]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{SmithDGRBM|title=Neleides}}

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