Phorcys
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(Phorcus; Old man of the sea) Greek
An ancient sea god; son of Gaia and Pontus; husband
to his sister Ceto.
Phorcys and Ceto lived together in the sea, most
likely the distant western sea at the edge of the
world. They were the parents of the following: the
Gorgons, three monstrous women; the Graea, two
or three sisters who were the gray foam of the sea;
and, some sources say, the three sisters known as
the Hesperides and the dragon Ladon, all of whom
guarded the golden apples of Hera.
Phorcys was also the father of the Nymph Thoosa,
one of the Nereids, and of Scylla, a monster with the
body of a woman but with six long necks growing
from her waist each ending in the head of a dog. (See
Scylla and Charybdis.)
Some sources say the Phorcys and Nereus were
brothers, while others say they were different names
for the same god.
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- Phorcys - mythologie.
- Phorcys (Phorcus; Old man of the sea) Greek An ancient sea god; son of Gaia and Pontus; husband to his sister Ceto.
- Stheno (Strong) Greek One of the three Gorgons, female monsters; daughter of Ceto, an ancient sea goddess, and Phorcys; her sisters were Euryale and Medusa.
- Thaumus (Wonder) Greek An ancient sea god, ranked among the second-generation of Titans; son of Gaia and Pontus; brother of Ceto, Phorcys, Nereus, and Eurybia.
- Euryal e (Wide-Stepping) Greek One of the three gorgons, female monsters; daughter of Ceto, an ancient sea goddess, and Phorcys; her sisters were Stheno and Medusa.