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- Phorcys is the son of Pontus and Gaia, and the brother of Nereus, Thaumus, Ceto, and Eurybia. In a genealogy from Plato's dialogue Timaeus, Phorcys,...
- fathered by Phorcys, another child of Gaia and Pontus. The small Solar System body 65489 Ceto was named after her, and its satellite after Phorcys. Ceto was...
- Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ('daughters of Phorcys'), were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one...
- Phorcys is a primordial sea god in Gr**** mythology. Phorcys may also refer to: Phorcys (Trojan War), a hero of the Trojan War Phorcys (moon), a moon of...
- using the Hubble Space Telescope; the object was named Phorcys, formally (65489) Ceto I Phorcys, after the Gr**** sea god. Using an extended definition...
- according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus. Homer, Odyssey...
- names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother. Most sources describe Medusa as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author...
- awe-striking "wonder" of the Sea, embodiment of the sea's dangerous aspects), Phorcys and his sister-consort Ceto, and the "Strong Goddess" Eurybia. With the...
- parents as Ceto and Phorcys. Hesiod and Apollodorus have the three Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale and Medusa as the daughters of Ceto and Phorcys For Hyginus, Gorgon...
- alternatively daughters of Nyx and Erebus, of Atlas, of Atlas and Hesperis, of Phorcys and Ceto, or of Zeus and Themis. Either Hestia or Dionysus is considered...