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    Phorcys is the son of Pontus and Gaia, and the brother of Nereus, Thaumus, Ceto, and Eurybia. In a genealogy from Plato's dialogue Timaeus, Phorcys,...
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    fathered by Phorcys, another child of Gaia and Pontus. The small Solar System body 65489 Ceto was named after her, and its satellite after Phorcys. Ceto was...
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  • They were also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ("daughters of Phorcys") Their names were: Deino (or Dino) (Δεινώ) Enyo (Ἐνυώ) Pemphredo (Πεμφρηδώ)...
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    65489 Ceto (redirect from Phorcys (moon))
    using the Hubble Space Telescope; the object was named Phorcys, formally (65849) Ceto I Phorcys, after the Greek sea god. Using an extended definition...
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  • Phorcys is a primordial sea god in Greek mythology. Phorcys may also refer to: Phorcys (Trojan War), a hero of the Trojan War Phorcys (moon), a moon of...
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  • Greek mythology, Phorcys (/ˈfɔːrsɪs/; Ancient Greek: Φόρκυς, Phorkus) was a Phrygian ally of King Priam in the Trojan War. Phorcys appears in The Iliad...
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    parents as Ceto and Phorcys. Hesiod and Apollodorus have the three Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale and Medusa as the daughters of Ceto and Phorcys For Hyginus, Gorgon...
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  • names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother. Most sources describe Medusa as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author...
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  • names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother. Most sources describe Medusa as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author...
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  • alternatively daughters of Nyx and Erebus, of Atlas, of Atlas and Hesperis, of Phorcys and Ceto, or of Zeus and Themis. Either Hestia or Dionysus is considered...
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  • was a sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, and the full brother of Nereus, Phorcys, Ceto and Eurybia. According to Hesiod, Thaumas' wife was Electra (one...
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  • according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus. Homer, Odyssey...
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    awe-striking "wonder" of the Sea, embodiment of the sea's dangerous aspects), Phorcys and his sister-consort Ceto, and the "Strong Goddess" Eurybia. With the...
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  • (10 in)). Phorcys and other gorgonopsians may then have been top predators in some Middle Permian assemblages. Only two specimens of Phorcys are known...
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    Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal. Medusa was beheaded by...
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    Rhodes says that Crataeis was another name for Hecate, and that she and Phorcys were the parents of Scylla. Likewise, Semos of Delos says that Crataeis...
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    Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841 Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867 Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852 Carcharhinus...
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    Tethys are the parents of Cronus and Rhea and the other Titans, as well as Phorcys. In his Cratylus, Plato quotes Orpheus as saying that Oceanus and Tethys...
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    is "not clear which parents are meant", Athanassakis, p. 44, says that Phorcys and Ceto are the "more likely candidates for parents of this hideous creature...
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  • names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother. Most sources describe Medusa as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author...
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    other water deities in Greek mythology, who share several traits; such as Phorcys, Glaucus, and perhaps Triton. It is suggested that the "Old Man of the...
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    daughters of the primordial sea-god Phorcys and the sea-monster Ceto, and the sisters of three other daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, the Graeae. However according...
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  • The Phorcides /ˈfɔːrsɪˌdiːz/ or Phorcydes ("the daughters of Phorcys") may refer to: The Phorcides, another name for the Graeae in Greek mythology The...
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    "Proteus". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. See also Nereus and Phorcys Bartoněk, Antonin (2002). "Mycenaean words in Homer". In Clairis, Christos...
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    Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus. According to Plato, however, the deities Phorcys, Cronus, and Rhea were the eldest children of Oceanus and Tethys. Cronus...
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    Personified concepts Water deities Amphitrite Ceto Glaucus Nereus Oceanus Phorcys Pontus Poseidon Potamoi Proteus Tethys Thetis Triton Nymphs Alseid Anthousai...
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  • several water-gods, generally Nereus or Proteus, but also Triton, Pontus, Phorcys or Glaucus. He is the father of Thetis (the mother of Achilles). In book...
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    the daughters of Euronymè (a name for Earth) and Cronus, or of Earth and Phorcys (i.e. the sea). In Orphic literature, they are the daughters of Hades and...
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    half-sister of Aphrodite (in some versions), Typhon, Python, Pontus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto. According to Hesiod, Rhea had six children...
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  • War Palaemon (Παλαίμων), a young sea god who aided sailors in distress Phorcys (Φόρκυς), god of the hidden dangers of the deep Pontus (Πόντος), primordial...
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