Ceto

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2

In Apollodorus, Library 1.2, Ceto is born to Pontus and Earth. She is also named among the offspring of Nereus and Doris, alongside the Nereids, and with Phorcus she becomes parent to the Phorcides and Gorgons: “to Phorcus and Ceto were born the Phorcides and Gorgons.”

In Apollodorus, Library 2.4, Phorcys has Enyo, Pephredo, and Dino by Ceto, and they are sisters of the Gorgons. Hesiod’s Theogony names Ceto and Phorcys as parents of the Graiae—Pemphredo and Enyo—and of the Gorgons Sthenno, Euryale, and Medusa, who dwell beyond Ocean toward Night and the Hesperides. In the later passage, Ceto is joined in love to Phorcys and bears her youngest, described as “the offspring of Ceto and Phorcys.”

Relationship record

Apollodorus, Library 1.2

parent: Pontus “to Sea ( Pontus) and Earth were born Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto”
parent: Earth “to Sea ( Pontus) and Earth were born Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto”
parent: Phorcys “to Phorcus and Ceto were born the Phorcides and Gorgons”
with Phorcys (The passage names Phorcus and Ceto as parents of unnamed groups, not of each other.) “to Phorcus and Ceto were born the Phorcides and Gorgons”
parent: Nereus “To Nereus and Doris were born the Nereids, whose names are Cymothoe, Spio, Glauconome, Nausithoe, Halie, Erato, Sao, Amphitrite, Eunice, Thetis, Eulimene, Agave, Eudore, Doto, Pherusa, Galatea, Actaea, Pontomedusa, Hippothoe, Lysianassa, Cymo, Eione, Halimede, Plexaure, Eucrante, Proto, Calypso, Panope, Cranto, Neomeris, Hipponoe, Ianira, Polynome, Autonoe, Melite, Dione, Nesaea, Dero, Evagore, Psamathe, Eumolpe, Ione, Dynamene, Ceto”
parent: Doris “To Nereus and Doris were born the Nereids, whose names are Cymothoe, Spio, Glauconome, Nausithoe, Halie, Erato, Sao, Amphitrite, Eunice, Thetis, Eulimene, Agave, Eudore, Doto, Pherusa, Galatea, Actaea, Pontomedusa, Hippothoe, Lysianassa, Cymo, Eione, Halimede, Plexaure, Eucrante, Proto, Calypso, Panope, Cranto, Neomeris, Hipponoe, Ianira, Polynome, Autonoe, Melite, Dione, Nesaea, Dero, Evagore, Psamathe, Eumolpe, Ione, Dynamene, Ceto”

Apollodorus, Library 2.4

child: Enyo “for Phorcus had them by Ceto, and they were sisters of the Gorgons”
child: Pephredo “for Phorcus had them by Ceto, and they were sisters of the Gorgons”
child: Dino “for Phorcus had them by Ceto, and they were sisters of the Gorgons”
married with Phorcys “for Phorcus had them by Ceto”

Hesiod, Theogony 139-265

with Phorcys (interaction) “And again, Ceto bare to Phorcys the fair-cheeked Graiae, sisters grey from their birth”
child: Pemphredo “And again, Ceto bare to Phorcys the fair-cheeked Graiae, sisters grey from their birth: and both deathless gods and men who walk on earth call them Graiae, Pemphredo well-clad, and saffron-robed Enyo”
child: Sthenno “the Gorgons who dwell beyond glorious Ocean in the frontier land towards Night where are the clear-voiced Hesperides, Sthenno, and Euryale, and Medusa who suffered a woeful fate”
child: Euryale “the Gorgons who dwell beyond glorious Ocean in the frontier land towards Night where are the clear-voiced Hesperides, Sthenno, and Euryale, and Medusa who suffered a woeful fate”
child: Medusa “the Gorgons who dwell beyond glorious Ocean in the frontier land towards Night where are the clear-voiced Hesperides, Sthenno, and Euryale, and Medusa who suffered a woeful fate”

Hesiod, Theogony 295-404

courtship with Phorcys “And Ceto was joined in love to Phorcys and bare her youngest”
child: Phorcys “This is the offspring of Ceto and Phorcys.”
parent: Phorcys “This is the offspring of Ceto and Phorcys.”

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