Editing Amphitrite (section)

{{Short description|Queen of the sea and wife of Poseidon in Greek mythology}}
{{Other uses}}
{{distinguish|Aphrodite}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| name = Amphitrite
| image = Amphitrite Devaulx cour Carree Louvre.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = ''Amphitrite'' with downturned trident, by [[François Théodore Devaulx]] (1866)
| god_of = {{unbulleted list|Queen of the [[sea]]|Goddess of the sea}}
| member_of = the [[Nereids]]
| abode = [[Mount Olympus]], or the sea
| symbol = Trident, dolphin, seal
| consort = [[Poseidon]]
| parents = [[Nereus]] and [[Doris (Oceanid)|Doris]], {{small|or}} [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]
| siblings = [[Nerites (mythology)|Nerites]] and the [[Nereid]]s {{small|or}} the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river gods]] and the [[Oceanids]]
| children = [[Triton (mythology)|Triton]], [[Rhodos]], [[Benthesikyme]]
| mount = 
}}
{{Ancient Greek religion}}
{{Greek deities (water)}}

In ancient [[Greek mythology]], '''Amphitrite''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|m|f|ɪ|ˈ|t|r|aɪ|t|iː}}; {{langx|grc|{{linktext|Ἀμφιτρίτη}}|Amphitrítē}}) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is [[Poseidon]]. She was a daughter of [[Nereus]] and [[Doris (Oceanid)|Doris]] (or [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]).<ref name=":0">Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). {{Google books|tOgWfjNIxoMC|Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology.|page=58}}</ref> Under the influence of the [[Olympian pantheon]], she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea. Her [[Interpretatio graeca#Interpretatio romana|Roman counterpart]] is [[Salacia (mythology)|Salacia]], a comparatively minor figure, and the goddess of saltwater.{{cn|date=December 2024}}