Amphitrite facts for kids

Amphitrite was the Greek goddess of the sea springs and ocean life. Married to Poseidon, usually said to be a Nereid but sometimes said to be an Oceanid.

Images for kids

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  Amphitrite ("Aphirita") bearing a trident on a pinax from Corinth (575–550 BC).

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  Amphitrite on 1936 Australian stamp commemorating completion of submarine telephone cable to Tasmania

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  Theseus and Amphitrite clasp hands, with Athena looking on (red-figure cup by Euphronios and Onesimos, 500–490 BC)

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  Sea thiasos depicting the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite, from the Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus in the Field of Mars, bas-relief, Roman Republic, 2nd century BC

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  Poseidon and Amphitrite. Ancient Roman fresco (50-79 AD), Pompeii, Italy.

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  A Roman mosaic on a wall in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy

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  Drawing of Amphitrite sitting in a sea shell surrounded by her subjects. The Triumph of Amphitrite by Giovanni Battista Crosato (1745–1750). Held at the National Gallery of Art.

See also

In Spanish: Anfitrite para niños