Nereid

A fresco bearing an image of a Nereid nymph riding a seahorse and gladiators in combat had been unearthed previously.

The Krewe of Nereids and the cities of Bay St. Louis and Waveland announced earlier this month they were canceling the Nereids’ Parade.

They had fifty lovely daughters, the nymphs of the Sea, called Nereids from their father’s name, one of whom, Thetis, was the mother of Achilles.

Asked how it felt to be older than the Nereids club, Sands replied, “It feels great, but I’ve lost so many good friends. So many have passed away.”

He’s frankly envious that the 71-year-old dead man, so near his age, “had gotten to lie next to this beauty night after night, like Gandhi among his Nereids.”