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The Nereid Monument. From Xanthos (Lycia), modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey. 390-380 BCE. Room 17, the British Museum, London

The Nereid Monument. From Xanthos (Lycia), modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey. 390-380 BCE. Room 17, the British Museum, London

The Nereids are the fifty daughters of the god Nereus and the Okeanid Doris in Greek mythology. They are sea nymphs of the Mediterranean Sea.

Among them are:

Thetis, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles
Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon
Galatea
Thoosa, mother of Polyphemos

Images for kids

Nereid half reclining on the back of a seahorse, fresco from Pompeii
French Empire mantel clock (1822) depicting the nereid Galatea velificans
Nereid riding a sea-bull (latter 2nd century BC)

See also

In Spanish: Nereidas para niños

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