In Greek mythology, Salmoneus was 'the wicked' eponymous king and founder of Salmone in Pisatis.
Salmoneus wielding a sword, to his left is Iris, to the right his astonished wife.
In Greek mythology, Peneus was a Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers (Potamoi), a child of Oceanus and Tethys.
Peneus averts his gaze as Apollo, pierced by Cupid's arrow of desire, pursues Daphne, transforming into the laurel (Apollo and Daphne, 1625, by Poussin)
River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne