Pontus

Also known as: Sea · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2

Life events

• Earth brings forth starry Heaven and Pontus, establishing the cosmic realms.(Hesiod, Theogony 1-116)
  • With: Earth Heaven
  • “And Earth first bare starry Heaven, equal to herself, to cover her on every side, and to be an ever-sure abiding-place for the blessed gods. And she brought forth long Hills, graceful haunts of the goddess-Nymphs who dwell amongst the glens of the hills. She bare also the fruitless deep with his raging swell, Pontus, without sweet union of love.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.2

• child: Phorcys “to Sea ( Pontus) and Earth were born Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto”
• child: Thaumas “to Sea ( Pontus) and Earth were born Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto”
• child: Nereus “to Sea ( Pontus) and Earth were born Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto”
• child: Eurybia “to Sea ( Pontus) and Earth were born Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto”
• child: Ceto “to Sea ( Pontus) and Earth were born Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto”

Hesiod, Theogony 1-116

• parent: Earth “She bare also the fruitless deep with his raging swell, Pontus, without sweet union of love”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.