Lampads

__NOTOC__ In Greek mythology, the Lampads or Lampades (, from ) are torch-bearing nymphs who follow the goddess Hecate.

==Sources== According to a scholium on Homer's Iliad, the Lampades are among the types of nymphs mentioned by the lyric poet Alcman (fl. seventh century BC); the scholiast describes them as the nymphs "who carry torches and lights with Hecate", a description which Timothy Gantz claims was probably a creation of the scholiast, rather than of Alcman or another writer. According to Claude Calame, the scholium's connection of these nymphs with Hecate is likely related to the common association of the goddess with torches.