Nereus
Family: Sea deities · Role: sea god · First appears: Fable 18
Fable 18
- married with Doris “[Doris.]--Ver. 11. She was the daughter of Oceanus, the wife of Nereus, and the mother of the fifty Nereids.”
Fable 68
- child: Psamathe “Phocus, who was the son of Æacus, by Psamathe, the daughter of Nereus.”
Fable 96
- child: Thetis (Nereus is identified as Thetis's father.) “Nereus, the father of Thetis; was a Divinity of the sea, and was gifted with the power of prophecy.”
- with Peleus (Nereus is identified in the footnote as Peleus's father-in-law.) “But Peleus was distinguished by a Goddess for his wife; nor was he more proud of the name of his grandfather than that of his father-in-law.[17] ... [Footnote 17: His father-in-law.--Ver. 219. Nereus, the father of Thetis; was a Divinity of the sea, and was gifted with the power of prophecy.]”
Fable 100
- child: Galatea “But I, whose sire is Nereus, whom the azure Doris bore”
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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.