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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). According to the mythographer Apollodorus , Benthesikyme was the daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
In Greek mythology, the Aloadae (/ ˌ æ l oʊ ˈ eɪ d iː /) or Aloads (Ancient Greek: Ἀλωάδαι Aloadai) were Otus or Otos (Ὦτος means "insatiate") and Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης "nightmare"), [1] Thessalian sons of Princess Iphimedia, wife of Aloeus, by Poseidon, [2] whom she induced to make her pregnant by going to the seashore and disporting herself in the surf or scooping ...
Eurynome or Eurymede, daughter of King Nisus of Megara and mother of Bellerophon by Poseidon or Glaucus. [2] Eurynome, mother by the Persian Orchamus of Leucothoe whom Helios loved. [3] Eurynome, wife of Lycurgus of Arcadia and mother of Amphidamas, Epochus, Ancaeus, and Iasus. [4] [5] Elsewhere is also called Cleophyle or Antinoe. [6]
When she reached a marriageable age, both her parents died, and the sea-god Poseidon, after falling in love with Cleito married her. They had five pairs of twins, namely: Atlas and Eumelus , Ampheres and Evaemon , Mneseus and Autochthon , Elasippus and Mestor , and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes .
Aethra (possibly same as above) is, in one source, called the wife of Hyperion, rather than Theia, and mother of Helios, Eos, and Selene. [6] Aethra, daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen and mother of Theseus either by Poseidon [7] or Aegeus. [8] This is the same Aethra who went to Troy with Helen as one of her two handmaidens. [9]
Periboea, an alternate name for Merope, the wife of King Polybus of Corinth and mother of Alcinoe. [12] She was the foster mother of Oedipus, future king of Thebes. [13] Periboea, a Naiad, wife of Icarius, mother of Penelope, Perilaus, Aletes, Damasippus, Imeusimus and Thoas, [14] presumably also of Iphthime. [15]
Poseidon was said to have had many lovers of both sexes. His consort was Amphitrite, a nymph and ancient sea-goddess, daughter of Nereus and Doris. In one account, attributed to Eratosthenes, Poseidon wished to wed Amphitrite, but she fled from him and hid with Atlas. Poseidon sent out many to find her, and it was a dolphin who tracked her down.
Neptune and Salacia in a mosaic, Herculaneum, 1st c. AD Neptune and Amphitrite by Sebastiano Ricci, c. 1690. In ancient Roman mythology, Salacia (/ s ə ˈ l eɪ ʃ ə / sə-LAY-shə, Latin: [saˈɫaːkia]) was the female divinity of the sea, worshipped as the goddess of salt water who presided over the depths of the ocean. [1]