Amphitrite

Amphitrite
  • Queen of the sea
  • Goddess of the sea
Member of the Nereids
Amphitrite with downturned trident, by François Théodore Devaulx (1866)
AbodeMount Olympus, or the sea
SymbolTrident, dolphin, seal
Genealogy
ParentsNereus and Doris, or Oceanus and Tethys
SiblingsNerites and the Nereids or the Potamoi and the Oceanids
ConsortPoseidon
ChildrenTriton, Rhodos, Benthesikyme
Equivalents
RomanSalacia

In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (/æmfɪˈtrt/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρίτη, romanizedAmphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon.[1] She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys).[2] Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Salacia, a comparatively minor figure, and the goddess of saltwater.[non-primary source needed][3]

  1. ^ Compare the North Syrian Atargatis.
  2. ^ Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology., p. 58, at Google Books
  3. ^ Sel, "salt"; "…Salacia, the folds of her garment sagging with fish" (Apuleius, The Golden Ass 4.31).