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In Greek mythology, Proteus (/ ˈ p r oʊ t i ə s, ˈ p r oʊ t. j uː s / PROH-tee-əs, PROHT-yooss; Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, romanized: Prōteús, lit. 'first') was an ancient Egyptian king who was associated with the island of Pharos, his residence in Homer's Odyssey.
Proteus of Egypt is mentioned in an alternative version of the story of Helen of Troy in the tragedy Helen of Euripides (produced in 412 BC). The often unconventional playwright introduces a "real" Helen and a "phantom" Helen (who caused the Trojan War ), and gives a backstory that makes the father of his character Theoclymenus , Proteus, a ...
In Greek mythology, Proteus (/ ˈ p r oʊ t i ə s, ˈ p r oʊ t. j uː s / PROH-tee-əs, PROHT-yooss; Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, romanized: Prōteús, lit. 'first') may refer to the following characters. Proteus, a minor sea god and son of Poseidon. [1] Proteus, an Egyptian king in a version of the story of Helen of Troy. [2]
She is presented as the daughter of the Egyptian king, Proteus, and the Nereid Psamathe. She was the sister of Theoclymenus, the current king of Egypt. Her name means "divine wisdom," coming from theós 'god' and nóos or noûs 'mind.' Theonoe's earlier name was Eido .
Proteus of Egypt, an ancient Egyptian king who was associated with the island of Pharos; Characters. Proteus (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), a character from ...
Pindar (c. 518–438 BC), who calls her "Psamatheia" (Ψαμάθεια), says that she bore Phocus by the shore of the sea, [11] while Euripides, in his play Helen (c. 412 BC), offers a very different account of Psamathe, in which, "after she left Aiakos's bed", she is the wife of Proteus, the king of Egypt, by whom she has two children ...
Pages in category "Egyptian characters in Greek mythology" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Theonoe (daughter of Proteus) Thronia
The name Nereus is absent from Homer's epics; the god's name in the Iliad is the descriptive ἅλιος γέρων ' Old Man of the Sea ', and in the Odyssey the combination of ἅλιος γέρων and Πρωτεύς ' Proteus '. [2]