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Rhodos, Benthesikyme, and several paternal half-siblings. Consort. Libya. Children. Triteia, Pallas, Calliste. Triton (/ ˈtraɪtɒn /; Greek: Τρίτων, translit. 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.
Mythology. After Athena was born fully armed from Zeus ' forehead, Triton, son of Poseidon and messenger of the seas, became foster parent to the goddess and raised her alongside his own daughter, Pallas. The sea god taught both girls the arts of war. During an athletics festival, Pallas and Athena fought with spears in a friendly mock battle ...
Category. : Triton (mythology) Articles relating to the Greek sea god Triton and his depictions. Triton is usually represented as a merman, with the upper body of a human and the tailed lower body of a fish. At some time during the Greek and Roman era, Triton (s) became a generic term for a merman (mermen) in art and literature.
Calliste (mythology) In Greek mythology, Calliste or Callistis (Ancient Greek: Καλλίστη, romanized: Kallístē, lit. 'the most beautiful') is the daughter of the sea-god Triton and the Libya of Egypt, who was given to the Argonauts as a clod of earth that transformed into the island Calliste.
Preceded by. Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius. Followed by. The Rape of Proserpina. Neptune and Triton is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London and was executed c. 1622–1623. Carved from marble, it stands 182.2 cm (71.7 in) in height. [1][2]
Triton (chamber music society), a chamber music society founded in Paris 1932 by Pierre-Octave Ferroud. Triton (demogroup), a demo group active in the PC demoscene from 1992 to about 1996. Triton (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional species in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Triton (fairy chess piece), a combined Rook and Locust.
In Greek mythology, Libya (Ancient Greek: Λιβύη, romanized: Libýē), or Libye, was a name shared by two individuals: Libya, daughter of the Titan Oceanus and Pompholyge, and the sister of Asia. [1] In one account, Libya was the consort of the sea god Triton [2] and by him the mother of various nymphs, probably including the Tritonian ...
In Greek mythology, Pallas (/ˈpæləs/; Ancient Greek: for male Πάλλας, gen. Πάλλαντος and for female Παλλάς, gen. Παλλάδος) may refer to the following figures: Pallas, the son of Megamedes and father of Selene in some versions, perhaps one of the following. Pallas (Titan), the son of Crius and Eurybia, brother of ...