Thalassa
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In Greek mythology, Thalassa is a divine female personification of the sea. Her name may have been of Pre-Greek origin and connected to the name of the Mesopotamian primordial sea goddess Tiamat.
A 5th-century Roman mosaic of Thalassa, in the Hatay Archaeological Museum
Thalassa defends herself in Aesop's fable, "The Farmer and the Sea"
Illustration of coral with the goddess at the base, from a 6th-century medical discourse
Pontus (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Pontus is the personification of the sea. In Hesiod's Theogony, he is the offspring of Gaia, who produces him alone. With Gaia, he becomes the progenitor of a family comprising mos
Thalassa
…Sea, another name for Thalassa) the daughter of Aether and Dies (Day), and thus the sister of Terra (Earth) and Caelus (Sky). With her male counterpart Pontus, she spawns the species of fish. Two rather similar fables are recorded by Babrius. In one, numbered 168 in the Perry Index, a farmer witnesses a…
Pontus depicted as a patron of the city of Tomis (modern-day Constanța, Romania) alongside Fortuna (left), marble statue, 2nd century AD