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- Phorcys - Mythopedia
Phorcys can occasionally be found in ancient works of art, including vase paintings and mosaics He was often shown as human from the waist up but with the scaly lower body of a fish Artists sometimes gave him a beard, though a few later representations show the “old man of the sea,” paradoxically, as a beardless and youthful god
- Ceto - Mythopedia
Ceto married her brother Phorcys Their children—collectively known as the “Phorcides” (after their father)—were some of the most dreaded monsters of Greek mythology Among these offspring were the eternally gray Graeae , the stony Gorgons , the snake monster Echidna , and the gigantic serpent who guarded the Garden of the Hesperides
- Gorgons – Mythopedia
Their parents were the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, and they were favored by the sea god Poseidon, who was a lover of Medusa Iconography The Gorgons were a popular subject in ancient Greek art by the sixth century BCE
- Medusa - Mythopedia
Medusa, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, was the most feared of the Gorgons It was said that anyone who looked directly at her was immediately turned to stone Medusa was often depicted as a terrifying winged female with snakes instead of hair
- Graeae - Mythopedia
Hesiod, Theogony 270ff; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 798ff; Apollodorus, Library 2 4 2; in Hyginus, Fabulae pref 9, the Gorgons are the offspring of Ceto and Gorgon rather than Ceto and Phorcys (and thus the half-sisters of the Graeae) ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 333–35 ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 295–97 (though the reading of these lines is disputed
- Pontus – Mythopedia
Pontus, born to Gaia at the beginning of the cosmos, was the Greek primordial god who personified the sea Together with his mother Gaia, he fathered many ancient sea deities, including Nereus, Phorcys, and Ceto
- Echidna - Mythopedia
Echidna was a female serpent-monster of Greek mythology, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto She was usually represented with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a serpent Echidna mated with another monster, Typhoeus, and together they spawned a new generation of monsters, including Cerberus, the Chimera, the Hydra, and Orthus
- Nereus – Mythopedia
Other attributes—Nereus’ gentleness, wisdom, and prophetic ability—are more distinctively Greek, linking Nereus to similar deities such as Proteus and Phorcys In Greek mythology, Nereus was born when the cosmos was still young His mother Gaia was one of the first beings to come into existence, while his father Pontus was one of Gaia’s
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