Amphitrite
Sign in to saveIn ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; ) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys). Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Salacia, a comparatively minor figure, and the goddess of saltwater.
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Amphitrite was the goddess and queen of the sea in ancient Greek mythology, often depicted as the consort of Poseidon. She matters as a symbolic representation of the sea in Greek religious tradition and as a figure whose role illustrates how the ancient Greeks conceptualized divine powers over the ocean.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Amphitrite
- Deity.image
- Amphitrite Penteskouphia Louvre MNC208.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Amphitrite ("Aphirita") bearing a trident on a pinax from Corinth (575–550 BC).
- Deity.member_of
- the Nereids
- Deity.abode
- Mount Olympus, or the sea
- Deity.symbol
- Trident, dolphin, seal
- Deity.consort
- Poseidon
- Deity.parents
- Nereus and Doris, Oceanus and Tethys
- Deity.siblings
- Nerites and the Nereids the river gods and the Oceanids
- Deity.children
- Triton, Rhodos, Benthesikyme, Kymopoleia
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In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; ) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys). Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Salacia, a comparatively minor figure, and the goddess of saltwater.
==Family== According to Hesiod's Theogony, Amphitrite was one of the 50 Nereid daughters of Nereus and Doris. The mythographer Apollodorus, however, lists her among both the Nereids, as well as the Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.