Ceto (Whale) Greek An ancient Greek sea goddess.
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Ceto (Whale) Greek An ancient Greek sea goddess. Ceto was a daughter of Gaia and Pontus, the earliest personification of the sea. Some scholars suggest that the Greeks considered Ceto a sea monster or a whale. She is most famous for her monstrous children. With Phorcys, one of her many brothers, Ceto conceived and gave birth to the gorgons, three female monsters, of whom Stheno and Euryale were immortal and Medusa became mortal; the three sisters known as the Graea, who represented old age; and Ladon, the dragon who guarded the apples of the Hesperides. As one of the many original children of Gaia, Ceto was also sister and aunt to many ancient mythical creatures, including Thaumus, father of the Harpies, and Nereus, father of the Nereids, or Nymphs of the sea.
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- 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.
- 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.
- Phorcys (Phorcus; Old man of the sea) Greek An ancient sea god; son of Gaia and Pontus; husband to his sister Ceto.
- 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.
- Harpies (Swift Robbers) Greek The storm winds; daughters of Electra (3), a sea Nymph, and an ancient sea god, Thaumus; sisters of the goddess of rainbows, Iris.