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
series
Aquatic deities

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

In modern times

Psamathe has a moon named after her.

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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