Back Pontos Afrikaans بونتوس Arabic بونتيس ARZ প'ণ্টাছ Assamese Pont (mifologiya) Azerbaijani Понт (бог) Byelorussian Понт (міталёгія) BE-X-OLD Понт (митология) Bulgarian পোন্তুস Bengali/Bangla Pontos (mab Gaia) Breton
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Tunisia-4752_-_Pontus.jpg) Pontus in an ancient Roman mosaic, Tunisia | |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Gaia |
| Siblings | Uranus |
| Consort | Gaia, Thalassa |
| Offspring | Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia |
| Greek deities series |
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| Water deities |
| Water nymphs |
In Greek mythology, Pontus (/ˈpɒntəs/; Ancient Greek: Πόντος, romanized: Póntos, lit. 'Sea')[1] was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities. Pontus was Gaia's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod, he was born without coupling,[2] though according to Hyginus, Pontus is the son of Aether and Gaia.[3]
- ^ Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pont-eh₁-, *pn̩t-h₁, "path" (see Beekes, R. S. P. (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Brill. p. 1221.)
- ^ Evelyn-White, Hugh G. Ed. (1914). The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation. London: William Heinemann Ltd.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface