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  Psamathe: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In Greek mythology (The mythology of the ancient Greeks), there were two people named Psamathe.
Psamathe was a Nereid ((Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus), the lover of Aeacus (additional info and facts about Aeacus) and mother of Phocus (additional info and facts about Phocus).
He was torn apart by dogs after reaching adulthood and Psamathe was killed by her father, for which Apollo sent a child-killing plague to Argos.
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 Psamathe
Because Psamathe feared her father's wrath, she gave her son to shepherds to raise him.
Psamathe was killed by her father, and an angered Apollo send a plague to Argos, which killed mainly the children.
Article "Psamathe" created on 12 May 1999; last modified on 08 May 2001 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/p/psamathe.html   (87 words)

  
 Art History at Loggia | Psamathe, by the Artist Frederic Leighton
Psamathe was one of the fifty daughters of the sea god Nereus.
Psamathe's main contribution to mythology is found in the brief story that involves her relationship with Aeacus.
Psamathe's connection to the water is reinforced by the froth of white draperies upon which she reclines, for the appearance of the cloth echoes the white waves of the sea.
www.loggia.com /art/19th/leighton17.html   (297 words)

  
 NEREIDS, Greek Mythology Link.
Psamathe 1 turned herself into a seal to avoid Aeacus, but nevertheless she had a son Phocus 3 by him.
It is said that because of the crime committed against her son Phocus 3, Psamathe 1 sent a terrible wolf to destroy the cattle of Peleus, who could not do anything except pray to the Nereid that she put away her wrath.
After Aeacus, Psamathe 1 married King Proteus 3 of Egypt and had by him a daughter Eido (Theonoe 2), who was a priestess in Egypt, and a son Theoclymenus 2, who succeeded his father as king of Egypt and wished to marry Helen.
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 Psamathe (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Psamathe (sam'-a-thee, Greek Ψαμαθεια, Latin Psamathē) is an irregular natural satellite of Neptune.
Psamathe was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt in 2003.
It is named after Psamathe, one of the Nereids.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/S/2003_N_1   (126 words)

  
 Part III. The Heroes of the Quest. Chapter II. Peleus and His Bride from the Sea. III. Colum, Padraic. 1921. The Golden ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Far, far from his own country he went, and at last he came to a country of bright valleys that was ruled over by a kindly king—by Ceyx, who was called the Son of the Morning Star.
He prayed her to deal with Psamathe so that the land of Ceyx would not be altogether destroyed.
And the heart of Peleus was uplifted to think that Thetis had harkened to his prayer and had prevailed upon Psamathe to forego her enmity.
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 Nymphs
Psamathe was the daughter of Nereus and Doris.
Psamathe was usually seen around her sister Thetis, because they were both linked to Aeacus and his son Peleus.
Eventually, Psamathe was reconciled with Peleus, because he would later marry Thetis.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/nymphs.html   (4699 words)

  
 Linus, in Greek mythology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
When Psamathe’s father learned what his daughter had done, he had her killed.
For this double outrage, Apollo cursed Argos with a plague for which there could be no release until Psamathe and Linus were propitiated with prayers and songs of lamentation.
The “Linus song,” a lament derived from this legend, was sung at harvest time as a dirge for the dying vegetation.
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 Greek Mythology: PSAMATHE the Nereid ( also Psamathea ) w/ Pictures
PSAMATHE was the NEREIS NYMPHE wife of the ancient sea god Proteus.
“The lord [Peleus] of the Wolf [sent by Psamathe for the slaying of her son Phokos] that devoured the atonement [a herd of cattle] and was turned to stone [by Thetis].” - Lycophron, Alexandra 900
Stretching his hands toward the open sea, Peleus addressed his prayers to Psamathe, the wave-blue Nympha, that she would end her wrath and bring her succour.
www.theoi.com /Pontios/NereisPsamathe.html   (1099 words)

  
 Bella Roma Music
is the tale “The Lamentation for Linus,”; The story goes that in the land of the Argives, (Argos) Linus was born, son of the god Apollo and Psamathe the daughter of an unnamed king.
Fearing the wrath of her kingly father, Psamathe leaves the infant boy out on a mountain, where Linus is raised among the lambs by shepherds.
The young boy, alas, is torn to pieces by dogs in early childhood, while the grieving Psamathe is turned out of her father’s house.
www.bellaromamusic.com /stories/lamentforlinospage/lamentpage.html   (810 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Linus
Son of Apollo and Urania, he was killed by Apollo during a contest.
Son of Apollo and Psamathe, whose father was the King of Argos.
Son of Apollo and Terpsichore, Linus taught music to Orpheus and Heracles.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/l/li/linus.html   (161 words)

  
 Linus
He was killed by his father during a contest.
In the sagas of Argos he was the son of Apollo and Psamathe, the daughter of the king of Argos.
In the sagas of Thebes, Linus was the son of Apollo and the Muse Terpsichore.
www.pantheon.org /articles/l/linus.html   (149 words)

  
 Phocus - TheBestLinks.com - Aeacus, Greek mythology, Poseidon, Peleus, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Phocus, Aeacus, Greek mythology, Poseidon, Peleus, Telamon, Psamathe, Phocis...
A son of Aeacus and Psamathe, this Phocus was killed by his half-brothers, Telamon and Peleus.
A son of Poseidon, this Phocus founded the city of Phocis, which was named after him.
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 Psamathe - TheBestLinks.com - Aeacus, Greek mythology, Ovid, Apollo (god), ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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Aeacus was the king of the island of Aegina, son of Zeus by nymph Aegina, father of Peleus and Telamon by Endeis and of Phocus by numph Psamathe (Il.
He arbitrated between Nisus and Sciron in their dispute for the kingship of Megara (Paus.
By Endeis Aeacus had two sons, Telamon and Peleus, and by Psamathe a son, Phocus, whom he preferred to the two others, who contrived to kill Phocus during a contest, and then fled from their native island.
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 Aeacus, Greek Mythology Link.
Then Aeacus married the Nereid Psamathe 1, who turned herself into a seal in an attempt to avoid him, and had by her a son Phocus 3.
Phocus 3 excelled in athletic sports and this hability, they say, arose the jealousy of his half-brothers Peleus and Telamon, who plotted against him and killed him hiding his body in the woods.
When Aeacus learned what her sons had done he drove them into exile.
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 LINUS - Online Information article about LINUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Argos this religious character of the Linus myth was best preserved: the See also:
running loose were killed, and women and children raised a lament for Linus and Psamathe (See also:
In the Theban version, Linus, the son of Amphimarus and the muse Urania, was a famous musician, inventor of the Linus See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /LEO_LOB/LINUS.html   (609 words)

  
 Hesionidae
Grube (1850) chose to base the family group name on Hesione, after the princess of Troy who was rescued by Hercules.
Accordingly, all juveniles hitherto studied (members of Gyptis, Hesiospina, Micropodarke, Nereimyra, Ophiodromus, Podarkeopsis, and Psamathe; unpublished observations, but see also Haaland and Schram, 1982, 1983; Schram and Haaland, 1984) have a median antenna, situated medio-dorsally on the prostomium.
In some taxa the median antenna remains dorsal during ontogeny, in some it migrates forward to the anterior margin of the prostomium (see Ophiodromus title illustration), and in others it becomes reduced (Figure 6 left).
tolweb.org /tree?group=Hesionidae&contgroup=Phyllodocida   (1661 words)

  
 Psamathe * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
Psamathe * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
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"People, Places and Things: Psamathe", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.
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 Phocis
Later, Phocus tried to return to Salamis, but there, he was killed by his half-brothers Telamon and Peleus.
To avenge him, his mother Psamathe sent a monstruous wolf in the region of Thessalia where Peleus had seeked refuge, which started destroying Peleus' herds, until his wife Thetis, another Nereid, and thus one of Psamethe's sisters, convinced her to turn the monster into stone.
Epeius took part in the Troyan War and is the one who built the wooden horse that helped the Greeks take the city.
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 Mythography | Nereids in Myth and Art
Psamathe of the graceful build, and splendid Menippe,
And indeed, many of these sea-nymphs did play important parts in mythology.
Some notable Nereids are Amphitrite, Galatea, Psamathe, and Thetis.
www.loggia.com /myth/nereids.html   (314 words)

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