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In Greek mythology, Nerites (Greek: Νηρίτης, romanized: Nērítēs) was a minor sea deity, the son of "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris [1] and brother of the fifty Nereids (apparently their only male sibling). He was described as a young boy of stunning beauty.
It is not known whether the name Nereus was known to Homer or not, but the name of the Nereids is attested before it, and can be found in the Iliad. [3] Since Nereus only has relevance as the father of the Nereids, it has been suggested that his name could actually be derived from that of his daughters; [4] while the derivation of the Nereids from Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been ...
In a late appearance, according to a fragmentary papyrus, Alexander the Great paused at the Syrian seashore before the climacteric battle of Issus (333 BC), and resorted to prayers, "calling on Thetis, Nereus and the Nereids, nymphs of the sea, and invoking Poseidon the sea-god, for whom he ordered a four-horse chariot to be cast into the waves."
Poseidon (/ p ə ˈ s aɪ d ən, p ɒ-, p oʊ-/; [1] Ancient Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. [2] He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies.
She also bred sea monsters and her great waves crashed against the rocks, putting sailors at risk. [2] Poseidon and Amphitrite had a son, Triton, who was a merman, and a daughter, Rhodos (if this Rhodos was not actually fathered by Poseidon on Halia or was not the daughter of Asopus as others claim).
Nerites: Sea snail: Aphrodite or Helios The only son of the sea gods Nereus and Doris who was turned into a shellfish. In one version, it was Aphrodite who changed him, because Nerites refused to follow her out of the sea, and in another it was Helios for unclear reasons (perhaps he too was rejected by Nerites). Ocyrhoe: Horse: The gods (Zeus)
Tritones (Τρίτωνες), fish-tailed spirits in Poseidon's retinue Poseidon and Amphitrite framed by erotes and riding in a chariot drawn by hippocamps ; below them are fishermen at work, with nymphs and creatures of the sea in the waters (color-enhanced Roman-era mosaic )
In order to ensure a mortal father for her eventual offspring, Zeus and his brother Poseidon made arrangements for her to marry a human, Peleus, son of Aeacus, but she refused him. Proteus , an early sea-god, advised Peleus to find the sea nymph when she was asleep and bind her tightly to keep her from escaping by changing forms.