Deity Greek and Roman
Proteus
Πρωτεύς , Prōteus grc
Sea divinity in Greek mythology
- Child of Poseidon
- Consort of Psamathe, Torone, Anchinoe and 1 more
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Proteus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 10
Kinship in an account 10
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
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child of (child) Poseidon one of the twelve Olympians presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses -
parent of (father) Cabeiro sea nymph in Greek mythology - parent of (father) Idotea Greek sea goddess
- parent of (child) Polygonus mythological figure, son of Proteus
- parent of (child) Telegonus mythical son of Proteus
- parent of (child) Tmolus son of Proteus in Greek mythology
- partner of (spouse) Anchinoe wife of Proteus and mother of Kabeiro in Greek mythology
- partner of (spouse) Psamathe mythical daughter of Crotopus
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partner of (spouse) Psamathe Nereid of Greek mythology - partner of (spouse) Torone mythical wife of Proteus
Connections
How Proteus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Succession in office 1
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim
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Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
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Sources
Sources and evidence
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11 statements on this record
- 1 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 10 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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