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In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (/ æ m f ɪ ˈ t r aɪ t iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρίτη, romanized: Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon.
In Greek mythology, Iphimedeia (/ ˌ ɪ f ɪ m ɪ ˈ d aɪ ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιμέδεια) or Iphimede (Ἰφιμέδη) was a Thessalian princess. She was attested in Homer's Odyssey in the Catalogue of women as being a mortal.
Poseidon had a variety of roles, duties and attributes. He is a separate deity from the oldest Greek god of the sea Pontus. In Athens his name is superimposed οn the name of the non-Greek god Erechtheus Ἑρεχθεύς (Poseidon Erechtheus).
Halia was a daughter of Thalassa (the personification of the sea), and sister to the Telchines; it is not clear who her father was, if she had one at all. [3]The sea-god Poseidon fell in love with Halia, and fathered six sons and one daughter, Rhodos, on her, [4] who later became the wife of the sun-god Helios and the one after whom the island of Rhodes was named.
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 Greek mythology, Evadne (/ iː ˈ v æ d n iː /; Ancient Greek: Εὐάδνη) was a name attributed to the following individuals: Evadne, a daughter of Strymon and Neaera, wife of Argus (king of Argos), mother of Ecbasus, Peiras, Epidaurus and Criasus. [1] Evadne, a daughter of Poseidon and Pitane [2] who was raised by Aepytus of Arcadia.
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]
Poseidon approaches Amymone, whose identity is symbolized by the water jug, with the Cupid above representing the erotic motive of the scene (Roman-era mosaic, House of Dionysos at Paphos) In Greek mythology , Amymone ( / æ m ɪ ˈ m oʊ n iː / ; Ancient Greek : Ἀμυμώνη , romanized : Amymóne , "blameless; innocent" [ 1 ] ) was a ...