Pontoporeia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pontoporeia, Pontoporea or Pontopereia (Ancient Greek: Ποντοπόρεια means 'the seafarer'[1][2]) was the Nereid of sea-crossing[3] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4]
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Notes
- Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
- Hard, Robin (2004). The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology. 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001: Taylor & Francis Group. p. 52. ISBN 0-203-44633-X.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 280. ISBN 9780786471119.
- Hesiod, Theogony 256
References
- Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, ISBN 9780415186360. Google Books.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
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