AULONIAD

The names of the species of the nymphs varied according to their natural abode. The 'Auloniad' (from the classical Greek αύλών; valley, ravine) was a nymph who could be found in the mountain pastures and vales, often in the company of Pan, the god of nature.
Eurydice, for whom Orpheus traveled into dark Hades, was an Auloniad, and it is in the valley of the Thessalian river Pineios where she met her death indirectly at the hands of Aristaeus. Aristaeus, the son of the god Apollo and the nymph Cyrene, desired to ravish Eurydice. In disgust or fear, the nymph ran away and, not looking where she was going, tread on a poisonous serpent.