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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 ...
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. [8] Eustathius said that Poseidon first saw her dancing at Naxos among the other Nereids, [9] and carried her off. [10]
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 ...
Thetis (/ ˈ θ iː t ɪ s / THEEH-tiss, / ˈ θ ɛ t ɪ s / THEH-tiss; Ancient Greek: Θέτις) is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus.
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.
Doris, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the above Oceanid Doris and the sea god Nereus. [4] [5] Doris and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for his slain companion Patroclus. [6] Doris or Oris, [7] one the possible mothers by Poseidon of the Argonaut Euphemus.
Book 3, like Books 1 and 2, ends with mourning. Achilles is lamented by Phoenix, Briseïs, the Nereids, and his mother (Thetis), and the preparations for his funeral are described. Poseidon consoles Thetis with an assurance that Achilles will join the gods and receive special worship. Achilles’ funeral featured in the Aethiopis.
The title of the play traditionally placed second in the trilogy is the Nereids (Νηρείδες, Nēreídes). The chorus was thus a group of Nereids , and the subject of the play involved Achilles and his Nereid mother Thetis , probably her mourning his imminent death and the acquisition of his new arms .