Amphitrite – Mythopedia Amphitrite was an enchanting nymph from the depths of the sea An important goddess in her own right, she became the wife and queen of Poseidon, one of the greatest gods of the Greek pantheon
Poseidon – Mythopedia Poseidon was a powerful (and unruly) Olympian god He presided over the seas, seafarers, earthquakes, and horses and was easily recognized by his fearsome trident
Nereids – Mythopedia The most important of these were Amphitrite, Galatea, and Thetis Amphitrite Amphitrite—listed among the Nereids by Hesiod, but described by some authorities as an Oceanid instead—was the wife of Poseidon and thus the queen of the sea When Poseidon first fell in love with her, Amphitrite hid from him in the depths of the sea
Neptune – Mythopedia Neptune was the Roman god of all waters, bringer of winds and commander of storms As capricious as the seas he commanded, Neptune guided the Roman people’s ancestor Aeneas to freedom, but demanded a human sacrifice for his assistance
Scylla – Mythopedia Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary sea creatures or sailors who passed too close
Persephone – Mythopedia Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home
Hecate – Mythopedia Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld Though often an object of dread, Hecate was sometimes seen as a kind goddess and a protector of justice
Amphitryon – Mythopedia Amphitryon was a Greek hero from the Argolid—the son of King Alcaeus of Tiryns and the husband of Alcmene After accidentally killing his father-in-law, Aphitryon was banished and fled to Thebes There his wife was seduced by Zeus and gave birth to the hero Heracles
Doris – Mythopedia Doris was a nymph, one of the three thousand Oceanids born to the Titans Oceanus and Tethys She married Nereus, the “Old Man of the Sea,” and gave birth to the fifty sea nymphs known as the Nereids
Naiads – Mythopedia The Nereid Amphitrite, for example, was the wife of Poseidon himself, the Olympian god of the sea; [55] the Oceanid Metis was the second wife of Zeus, king of the gods; [56] another Oceanid, Doris, married the Titan Oceanus and became the mother of the fifty Nereids [57] But most Naiads ranked lower in the divine hierarchy