Nereus

First appears: BOOK XVIII

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Mythology — A Family Orrery (as Nereus) · The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Nereus) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Nereus)

In Book XVIII, Thetis is identified as Nereus’s child: she hears Achilles cry while sitting in the depths of the sea by her father. The gathering of Nereus’s daughters also includes Glauce, Thalia, Cymodoce, Nesaia, Speo, Thoe, Halie, Cymothoe, Actaea, Limnorea, Melite, Iaera, Amphithoe, Agave, Doto, Proto, Pherusa, Dynamene, Dexamene, Amphinome, Callianeira, Doris, Panope, Galatea, Nemertes, Apseudes, Callianassa, Clymene, Ianeira, Ianassa, Maera, Oreithuia, and Amatheia.

Relationship record

BOOK XVIII

child: Thetis “Achilles gave a loud cry and his mother heard him as she was sitting in the depths of the sea by the old man her father”
child: Glauce “all the goddesses daughters of Nereus that dwelt at the bottom of the sea, came gathering round her. There were Glauce”
child: Thalia “all the goddesses daughters of Nereus that dwelt at the bottom of the sea, came gathering round her. There were Glauce, Thalia”
child: Cymodoce “Thalia and Cymodoce”
child: Nesaia “Cymodoce, Nesaia”
child: Speo “Nesaia, Speo”
child: Thoe “Speo, Thoe”
child: Halie “Thoe and dark-eyed Halie”
child: Cymothoe “Halie, Cymothoe”
child: Actaea “Cymothoe, Actaea”
child: Limnorea “Actaea and Limnorea”
child: Melite “Limnorea, Melite”
child: Iaera “Melite, Iaera”
child: Amphithoe “Iaera, Amphithoe”
child: Agave “Amphithoe and Agave”
child: Doto “Agave, Doto”
child: Proto “Doto and Proto”
child: Pherusa “Proto, Pherusa”
child: Dynamene “Pherusa and Dynamene”
child: Dexamene “Dynamene, Dexamene”
child: Amphinome “Dexamene, Amphinome”
child: Callianeira “Amphinome and Callianeira”
child: Doris “Callianeira, Doris”
child: Panope “Doris, Panope”
child: Galatea “Panope, and the famous sea-nymph Galatea”
child: Nemertes “Galatea, Nemertes”
child: Apseudes “Nemertes, Apseudes”
child: Callianassa “Apseudes and Callianassa”
child: Clymene “There were also Clymene”
child: Ianeira “Clymene, Ianeira”
child: Ianassa “Ianeira and Ianassa”
child: Maera “Ianassa, Maera”
child: Oreithuia “Maera, Oreithuia”
child: Amatheia “Oreithuia and Amatheia of the lovely locks”

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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.