Psamathe (Nereid)

Psamathe (Ancient Greek: Ψάμαθη, from ψάμαθος "sand of the sea-shore"[1]) was a Nereid in Greek mythology, i.e., one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris. The goddess of sand beaches, Psamathe was the wife of Proteus[2] and the mother of Phocus by Aeacus.[3]

Greek deities
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Aquatic deities

Some translations of Ovid have the name as Psamanthe.[4]

In modern times

Psamathe has a moon named after her.

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References
  1. Robert Graves. The Greek Myths (1960)
  2. In Euripides' tragedy Helen, Psamathe is married to king Proteus of Egypt.
  3. Ovid. Metamorphoses, XI, 398.
  4. Ovid Illustrated: The Renaissance Reception of Ovid in Image and Text.
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