Triton. Triton is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively.
   Triton lived with his parents, in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he was often depicted as having a conch shell which he would blow like a trumpet.
   Triton is usually represented as a merman, with the upper body of a human and the tailed lower body of a fish. At some time during the Greek and Roman era, Triton became a generic term for a merman in art and literature.
   In English literature, Triton is portrayed as the messenger or herald for the god Poseidon. Triton of Lake Tritonis of Ancient Libya is a namesake mythical figure that appeared and aided the Argonauts.
   Greek deities series Primordial deities. Titans and Olympians. Chthonic deities. Mycenaean deities. Personified concepts. Other deities. Aquatic deities Amphitrite. Ceto. Glaucus. Naiades. Nereides. Nereus. Oceanides. Oceanus. Ophion. Phorcys. Pontus. Poseidon. Proteus. Tethys. Thetis. Triton. v. t. e. Triton was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite according to Hesiod's Theogony. He was the ruler of the depths of the sea, who is either dreadful or mighty according to the epithet given him by Hesiod. Triton dwelt with his parents in underwater golden palaces. It has been pointed out Poseidon's golden palace was located at Aegae on Euboea in one passage of Homer's Iliad 12.21. Unlike his father P
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