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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.

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  • Amphitrite Penteskouphia Louvre MNC208

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

  • Amphitrite Australiastamp

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

  • Theseus Athena Amphitrite Louvre G104

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

  • Sea thiasos Amphitrite Poseidon Glyptothek Munich 239 front n3

    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

  • Affreschi romani - nettuno anfitrine - pompei

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

  • Giovanni Battista Crosato, The Triumph of Amphitrite, 1745-1750, NGA 80940

    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.

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