Nereus in A Sentence

    1

    As patron of maritime adventure (i yee 6vtos) he struggles with Nereus and Triton, slays Eryx and Busiris, and perhaps captures the wild horses and oxen, which may stand for pirates.

    2

    Nemertes was a sea nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris..

    3

    Nereus is represented with the sceptre and trident; the Nereids are depicted as graceful maidens, lightly clad or naked, riding on tritons and dolphins.

    4

    Sea nymphs were Oceanids or Nereids, daughters of Oceanus or Nereus.

    5

    The base of a similar column has only feet in the same attitude, and probably bore the name Nereus.

    6

    The fifty daughters of Nereus, the Nereids, are personifications of the smiling, quiet sea.