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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 ...
Melite or Melie, [4] the "gracious" Nereid of the calm seas. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] She was a sea- nymph daughter of the " Old Man of the Sea " Nereus and the Oceanid Doris . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Melite and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus . [ 8 ]
In Greek mythology, the naiads (/ ˈ n aɪ æ d z, ˈ n eɪ æ d z,-ə d z /; Ancient Greek: ναϊάδες, romanized: naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, [1] are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
Ceto, a "naiad daughter of Oceanos" and thus one of the Oceanids. Her mother was probably the Titaness Tethys. [1] Ceto bore Helios a daughter, Astris. [4] Ceto, the Nereid of sea-monsters [5] and one of the 50 sea nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [6]
When Hephaestus was thrown from Olympus, whether cast out by Hera for his lameness or evicted by Zeus for taking Hera's side, the Oceanid Eurynome and the Nereid Thetis caught him and allowed him to stay on the volcanic isle of Lemnos, while he labored for them as a smith, "working there in the hollow of the cave, and the stream of Okeanos ...
The name of a Nereid [34] Asterodia [35] Asterope [36] Beroe [37] The name of a Nereid [34] Callirhoe [38] Calypso The name of a Nereid; [39] "probably not" the same as the Calypso who was the lover of Odysseus [40] Camarina [41] Capheira [42] Cerceis Ceto [43] The name of a Nereid [39] Chryseis Clio [44] The name of a Nereid [34] and a muse ...
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In Greek mythology, Pontoporeia, Pontoporea or Pontopereia (Ancient Greek: Ποντοπόρεια means 'the seafarer' [1]) was the Nereid of sea-crossing [2] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.