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| Amphitrite | |
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| Member of the Nereids | |
 Amphitrite with downturned trident, by François Théodore Devaulx (1866) | |
| Abode | Mount Olympus, or the sea |
| Symbol | Trident, dolphin, seal |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Nereus and Doris, or Oceanus and Tethys |
| Siblings | Nerites and the Nereids or the Potamoi and the Oceanids |
| Consort | Poseidon |
| Children | Triton, Rhodos, Benthesikyme |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman | Salacia |
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In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (/æmfɪˈtraɪtiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρίτη, romanized: Amphitrítē) 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]
- ^ Compare the North Syrian Atargatis.
- ^ Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology., p. 58, at Google Books
- ^ Sel, "salt"; "…Salacia, the folds of her garment sagging with fish" (Apuleius, The Golden Ass 4.31).