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2. Nereids - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Nerites (mythology) - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Nereus - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Amphitrite - Wikipedia

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   Poseidon sent many creatures to find her. A dolphin came across Amphitrite and convinced her to marry Poseidon. As a reward for the dolphin's help, Poseidon created the Delphinus constellation. [7] Eustathius said that Poseidon first saw her dancing at Naxos among the other Nereids, [8] and carried her off. [9]

6. Evadne - Wikipedia

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   During the childbirth, Apollo sent Eileithyia and the Moirae to assist his lover and ease her pain. Evadne gave birth in the wilderness and left the child, Iamus , exposed to the elements. Five days later, Aepytus returned from the Delphi , where he had been told by Apollo's Oracle that Evadne's child was indeed the son of Apollo and destined ...

7. Thalia (Nereid) - Wikipedia

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   In Greek mythology, Thalia or Thaleia (/ ˈ θ eɪ l i ə / [1] or / θ ə ˈ l aɪ ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Θάλεια Tháleia "the joyous, the abundance") was one of the fifty Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Her name was derived from θάλλειν thállein which means "to flourish ...

8. Iaera (mythology) - Wikipedia

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   In Greek mythology, Iaera or Iaira (Ancient Greek: Ἴαιρα means 'the honeyed' [1]) or Jaera [2] was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [3] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend ...

9. Polynoe - Wikipedia

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   In Greek mythology, Polynoe (Ancient Greek: Πουλυνόη, romanized: Poulynóē) was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her name means 'giver of reason' [ 2 ] or 'richness of mind, thoughtful'.