Talk:Amphitrite

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Moved from article:


 * (from an old encyclopedia)

--Menchi 03:44, Aug 27, 2003 (UTC)
 * The article has developed far beyond that. --Wetman 22:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

dang — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.211.130.25 (talk) 05:04, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Halosydne
Can anyone check the reference in Der Neue Pauly 4/5 (Stuttgart/Weimar : Metzler, 1998) under "Halosydne" and work it into the article?

I thought we probably shouldn't include
 * At Naxos, Poseidon was blue;
 * Then a nereid came into view.
 * When he spied Amphitrite.
 * In naught but a nightie,
 * He gave her an ocean or two. --Wetman 22:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


 * To say, as this article recently did and will soon again, "the wife of Neptune in Roman mythology is Salacia" is not the same as saying "Amphitrite is sometimes equated with the wife of Neptune in Roman mythology: '"Salacia". Amphitrite is not "equated" with Salacia anywhere. Fingerpainting: it muddies the ideas. --Wetman 11:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

The opening paragraph is all wrong.
The opening paragraph states:

"In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (not to be confused with Aphrodite) was a sea-goddess. Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became merely the consort of Poseidon, and was further diminished by poets to a symbolic representation of the sea."

This whole paragraph should all be removed, it's just stupid.

Firstly: why would we need to be told not to confuse Amphitrite with Aphrodite.

Secondly: she became "merely" the consort of Poseidon. How in any way does the word merely apply to the status of being the wife of the king of the sea? Poseidon is one of the three rulers of the universe, only Zeus has more power than him. In fact she did rather well out of the rule of the Olympians, She became queen of the sea. That's a promotion, not a demotion.

Thirdly: Poets did use her as a "symbolic representation of the sea" but how in any way is this causing her to become "further diminished". Being the personification of the sea is an important job in any pantheon of gods, so why claim that it diminished her?

Going from Oceanid to queen of the sea to personificaton of the sea sounds like she was being anything but diminished.

The Prime Source 12:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)Dale


 * Is it more emphatic and clearer now? The Jane Ellen Harrison quote is quite apt. --Wetman 15:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Amphitrite, not to be confused with Aphrodite?
Why and how would anyone mistake Ampithrite with Aphrodite? It's like mistaking Obama for Putin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkruijff (talk • contribs) 12:00, 7 November 2016 (UTC)


 * because people replace/change names to incorperate peoples' belief systems so as to make assimilation easier. Hence spelling differences, small (or big)changes in the story etc.. I agree with you however most people don't like reading;) 209.196.69.30 (talk) 15:17, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Amphitrite coral islands
Please add a link on top about the Amphitrite coral islands and reefs

What was the goddess of sea last words
What was the goddess of sea last words 181.199.249.170 (talk) 13:17, 6 February 2022 (UTC)


 * ask a dumb question...gonna get a dumb answer 209.196.69.30 (talk) 15:19, 16 June 2024 (UTC)