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AMPHITRITE

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Greek Name

Αμφιτριτη

Transliteration

Amphitritê

Translation

Encircling Third

AMPHITRITE was the goddess-queen of the sea, wife of Poseidon, and eldest of the fifty Nereides.

She was the female personification of the sea--the loud-moaning mother of fish, seals and dolphins.

When Poseidon first sought Amphitrite's hand in marriage, she fled his advances, and hid herself away near Atlas in the Ocean stream at the far ends of the earth.

The dolphin-god Delphin eventually tracked her down and persuaded her to return to wed the sea-king.

Amphitrite was depicted in Greek vase painting as a young woman, often raising her hand in a pinching gesture.

Sea deity and mother of Achilles.

Sometimes she was shown holding a fish. In mosaic art the goddess usually rides beside her husband in a chariot drawn by fish-tailed horses or hippokampoi. Sometimes her hair is encl