Triton - Mythology.
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Triton - Mythology. Greek A water god; the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. He was often represented as a merman, with the head and body of a man and a fishtail instead of legs. It is said that he blew on a conch shell trumpet to calm the waves for Poseidon. Sometimes Poseidon is depicted as being escorted by many Tritons. Triton was a benevolent, helpful deity. During the Olympian war with the Titans, Triton used his conch shell to terrify the giants. In Homer's Odyssey, Triton saved the Argonauts from a storm and helped them find the Mediterranean Sea. In astronomy, Triton is one of the moons of the planet Neptune.
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- Prometheus Unbound Author's Preface Percy Bysshe Shelley The Greek tragic writers, in selecting as their subject any portion of their national history or mythology, employed in their treatment of it a certain arbitrary discretion.