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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Amphitrite
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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in Greek mythology, was one of the Nereids or Oceanides, the wife of Neptune. She fled to Western Africa and hid herself near Atlas, in order to avoid marriage with Neptune. Neptune sent his messengers in every direction to find her. Delphinus was successful in. persuading her to follow him as queen of the sea. Neptune placed Delphinus among the stars. Amphitrite became mother by Neptune of Triton, who, with his parents, lives on the bottom of the sea in a golden palace. Later, Neptune loved Scylla, whereupon Amphitrite changed the latter into a monster of six heads and twelve feet. With the poets Amphitrite is the personification of the Mediterranean Sea.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Amphitrite'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amphitrite.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Amphitrite'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amphitrite.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
