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Agriturismo

Amadriade

The name “Amadriade” derives from the Greek word HAMADRYAS-ADOS: HAMA=together; DRYAS=oak.
According to the antic Greek religion the “Amadriade” were nymphs that lived in oak trees.
The Agriturismo gets is name by the surrounding wood of oak trees, a species which found fertile land and was able grow and spread without the help of man.
According to ancient legend every oak tree was inhabited by an Amadriade, an oak nymph with divine power who was born with the oak tree and protected it. Since the oak nymph died when the sacred tree was cut down, often the culprit was punished by the gods.
Oak nymphs were imagined to be beautiful young girls fond of music and dance. Although they were not immortal they had the gift of long life.
They were much like the fairies of our popular tradition, figures familiar to man’s imagination from which worshipping would bring good fortune.
Oak nymphs were often represented as the passionate companions of the male spirits of nature such as Pan, Safiri, Priapo, and the gods of Olympus: Zeus and Apollo.