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But in another version of the myth, she fled from his advances to Atlas, [10] at the farthest ends of the sea; there the dolphin of Poseidon sought her through the islands of the sea, and finding her, spoke persuasively on behalf of Poseidon, if we may believe Hyginus [11] and was rewarded by being placed among the stars as the constellation ...
Aethra (possibly same as above) is, in one source, called the wife of Hyperion, rather than Theia, and mother of Helios, Eos, and Selene. [ 6 ] Aethra , daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen and mother of Theseus either by Poseidon [ 7 ] or Aegeus . [ 8 ]
Poseidon was the father of Despoina and he was worshipped as Poseidon Hippios (horse). [25] Although this cult remained regional rather than becoming panhellenic, this is a very important site for the study of ancient mystery religions. In Arcadia Poseidon was closely related to the pair of Arcadian great goddesses identified as Demeter and ...
In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (/ ɒr ɪ ˈ θ aɪ. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὠρείθυια, romanized: Ōreíthyia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women: Orithyia or Orythya, [2] the Nereid of raging seas [3] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [4]
In Greek mythology, Kymopoleia, Cymopoleia, or Cymopolia (/ ˌ s ɪ m ə p ə ˈ l aɪ. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κυμοπόλεια, romanized: Kymopoleia) was a daughter of the sea god Poseidon, and the wife of Briareus, one of the three Hundred-Handers. [2] Her only known mention occurs in the Hesiodic Theogony. [3]
In Greek mythology, Cleito (Ancient Greek: Κλειτὼ means "renowned, famous") may refer to the following: Cleito, an Atlantian, daughter of the autochthon Evenor and Leucippe. When she reached a marriageable age, both her parents died, and the sea-god Poseidon, after falling in love with Cleito married her.
In another, more famous version Canace was a lover not of Poseidon, but of her own brother Macareus. This tradition made them children of a different Aeolus, the lord of the winds (or the Tyrrhenian king), [6] and his wife Amphithea. Canace fell in love with Macareus and committed incest with him, which resulted in her getting pregnant.
Chione was the sister of Cleopatra (wife of Phineus, king of Thrace) and the Argonauts, Calaïs and Zetes. [3] According to a late, though generally accepted tradition, Chione was the mother of Poseidon's son Eumolpus whom she threw into the ocean for fear of her father's reaction; however, Eumolpus is rescued and raised by Poseidon.