Triton

Triton in Wikipedia

Triton (Τρίτων, gen: Τρίτωνος) is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, whose herald he is. He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish, "sea-hued", according to Ovid[1] "his shoulders barnacled with s...

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Triton in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Τρίτων). 1. A son of Poseidon and Amphitrite (or Celaeno), who dwelt with his father and mother in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea, or according to Homer (Hom. Il. 13.20) at Aegae. (lies. Theog. 930, &c.; Apollod. 1.4.6.) Later writers describe this divinity of the Mediterranean as riding over the sea on horses or other sea-monst...

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