Ceto (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Ceto (; or 'whale') may refer to three divine women:

• Ceto, a primordial sea goddess and daughter of Pontus (Sea) and Gaia (Earth). She was the mother of the Phorcydes by her brother Phorcys.
• Ceto, a "naiad daughter of Oceanos" and thus one of the Oceanids. Her mother was probably the Titaness Tethys. Ceto bore Helios a daughter, Astris.
• Ceto, the Nereid of sea-monsters and one of the 50 sea nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.

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References

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• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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