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Amphitrite, in Greek myth, was the goddess of the sighing, moaning sounds of the ocean's waves, as well as the Queen of the Oceans and the Seas. Neptune wanted to marry Salacia, but she was in great awe of her distinguished suitor and managed to glide out of his sight with celerity in order to preserve her virginity. She shares her Homeric epithet Halosydne ("sea-nourished")[9] with Thetis[10] in some sense the sea-nymphs are doublets. Though Amphitrite does not figure in Greek cultus, at an archaic stage she was of outstanding importance, for in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo, she appears at the birthing of Apollo among, in Hugh G. Evelyn-White's translation, "all the chiefest of the goddesses, Dione and Rhea and Ichnaea and Themis and loud-moaning Amphitrite;" more recent translators[11] are unanimous in rendering "Ichnaean Themis" rather than treating "Ichnae" as a separate identity. Personality Edit History Edit Plot Edit Powers and Abilities Edit Trivia Edit Navigation Edit Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea, wife of the god Poseidon, and one of the 50 (or 100) daughters (the Nereids) of Nereus and Doris (the daughter of Oceanus).

The couple came to have children, including Triton (who became his father's herald, and current heir), Rhode (a minor goddess who became the patron deity of an island named after her and married to Helios), and Kymopoleia (goddess of violent sea storms who later married the Hekatonkheire Briares).

Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Amphitrite and Poseidon in a chariot, drawn by Tritons, detail of a frieze from an altar in the Temple of Neptune, Rome, 40. Brown Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. One can even listen to the sea's rushing waves to gain psychic insight on past, present and future, at will. Though they were all grateful to him and most of her sisters would have been pleased to become his wife, Amphitrite avoided Poseidon due to her unwillingness to get married. She is considered a minor goddess. Amphitrite was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (and thus a Nereid), according to Hesiod's Theogony, but of Oceanus and Tethys (and thus an Oceanid), according to the Bibliotheca, which actually lists her among both the Nereids[4] and the Oceanids. Alias She also radiated a gentle kindness that particularly distinguished her from her sisters and other gods, and usually wore a simple white gown.

1.2. Furthermore, one can psychically teleport to any shore or body of water, at will. Status: [2] 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).

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