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Triton (/ ˈ t r aɪ t ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Τρίτων, romanized: Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet. [citation needed]
Polyphemus (/ ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ f iː m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πολύφημος, romanized: Polyphēmos, Epic Greek: [polypʰɛːmos]; Latin: Polyphēmus [pɔlʏˈpʰeːmʊs]) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey.
In Greek mythology, Boeotus (/ b iː ˈ oʊ t ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βοιωτός, romanized: Boiōtós) was the eponym of Boeotia in Greece. Poseidon fathered both Aeolus and Boeotus with Arne . [1] It was then through Boeotus that Arne became the ancestress of the Boeotians. [2] In some traditions, Boeotus is the father of Ogyges. [3] [4]
Poseidon (/ p ə ˈ s aɪ d ən, p ɒ-, p oʊ-/; [1] Ancient Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. [2] He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies.
Bellerophon [1] or Bellerophontes (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit. "horse-knower"), [2] was a divine Corinthian hero of Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, and the foster son of Glaukos.
Proteus's name suggests the "first" (from Greek " πρῶτος" prōtos, "first"), as prōtogonos (πρωτόγονος) is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". It is not certain to what this refers, but in myths where he is the son of Poseidon, it possibly refers to his being Poseidon's eldest son, older than Poseidon's other son, the sea-god ...
Halirrhothius (/ ˌ h æ l ɪ ˈ r oʊ θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἁλιρρόθιος, romanized: Halirrhóthios, lit. 'sea-foam' [1]) was the Athenian son of Poseidon and Euryte [2] or Bathycleia [3] in Greek mythology. He was also called the son of Perieres and husband of Alcyone who bore him two sons, Serus and Alazygus. [4]
Euphemus was a son of Poseidon, [5] granted by his father the power to walk on water. [6] His mother is variously named: (1) Europe, daughter of the giant Tityos; [7] (2) Doris (Oris), [8] (3) Mecionice, [9] daughter of either Eurotas or Orion [8] or (4) lastly, Macionassa. [10] In some accounts he is said to have been married to Laonome ...