- Nereids – Mythopedia
The Nereids were the fifty daughters of the sea gods Nereus and Doris Numbered among the nymphs—female divinities who took the form of beautiful young women—the Nereids were widely regarded as kind and helpful sea deities The most famous among them were Amphitrite, Galatea, and Thetis
- Nereus – Mythopedia
Nereus, eldest son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god and a much-revered “Old Man of the Sea ” With the Oceanid Doris he became the father of the fifty Nereids In one story, Heracles wrestled Nereus
- Thetis – Mythopedia
Thetis was a nymph and goddess of the sea, one of the fifty Nereids born to Nereus and Doris, and the wife of the mortal hero Peleus When her son Achilles went to fight in the Trojan War, she did everything in her power to prevent his death
- Doris – Mythopedia
Doris was a nymph, one of the three thousand Oceanids born to the Titans Oceanus and Tethys She married Nereus, the “Old Man of the Sea,” and gave birth to the fifty sea nymphs known as the Nereids
- Psamathe – Mythopedia
Psamathe was a Nereid—one of the fifty sea nymphs born to the gods Nereus and Doris With her two consorts, Aeacus and Proteus, she had several children A famous shapeshifter, Psamathe once turned herself into a seal to avoid a suitor’s attentions, but to no avail
- Naiads – Mythopedia
Naiads and water nymphs—especially the Oceanids and Nereids—also appear in the poems of Hesiod (eighth seventh century BCE), most notably the Theogony Naiads continued to feature in later Greek literature, usually as the wives, lovers, or mothers of prominent mythological figures
- Oceanids – Mythopedia
Over time, the Oceanids were increasingly confused with the Nereids, another group of sea nymphs, who in many ways took the place of the Oceanids in the Greek imagination A few of the Oceanids played an individual role in Greek mythology Styx, for example, was an Underworld goddess, representing one of the main rivers of the Underworld
- Amphitrite – Mythopedia
Amphitrite was an enchanting nymph from the depths of the sea An important goddess in her own right, she became the wife and queen of Poseidon, one of the greatest gods of the Greek pantheon
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