
Ceto – Mythopedia
Sep 4, 2023 · Ceto is even more obscure in Roman literature, though Pliny the Elder (23/24–79 CE) did make a passing reference to an ancient Near Eastern cult of Ceto in his Natural …
Phorcys - Mythopedia
Sep 6, 2023 · Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god. He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto. Among these terrifying …
Gorgons – Mythopedia
Mar 8, 2023 · In Hyginus, Fabulae pref.9, the Gorgons are the offspring of Ceto and Gorgon, rather than Ceto and Phorcys, and are thus the half-sisters of the Graeae. ↩; Hesiod, …
Medusa - Mythopedia
Mar 11, 2023 · Medusa, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, was the most feared of the Gorgons. It was said that anyone who looked directly at her was immediately turned to …
Echidna - Mythopedia
Mar 22, 2023 · Echidna was a female serpent-monster of Greek mythology, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto. She was usually represented with the head and torso of a woman …
Pontus – Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · Pontus, born to Gaia at the beginning of the cosmos, was the Greek primordial god who personified the sea. Together with his mother Gaia, he fathered many ancient sea deities, …
Graeae - Mythopedia
Jan 18, 2023 · Hesiod, Theogony 270ff; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 798ff; Apollodorus, Library 2.4.2; in Hyginus, Fabulae pref.9, the Gorgons are the offspring of Ceto and Gorgon …
Nereus – Mythopedia
Mar 8, 2023 · His siblings were Phorcys, Thaumas, Eurybia, and Ceto. In an Orphic tradition, however, Nereus is one of the Titans , born to Gaia and Uranus (“Sky”) rather than Gaia and …
Greek Creatures - Mythopedia
Nov 29, 2022 · Greek mythology is full of strange and often terrifying creatures, some born at the very beginning of the cosmos. Many of these creatures terrorized mortals until they were slain …
Cerberus – Mythopedia
Mar 8, 2023 · Cerberus, the terror-inspiring offspring of the primordial monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was the guard dog of the Greek Underworld. In most literary and artistic …