Editing Trident (section)

=== Other sea divinities ===

In later Greek and Roman art and literature, other sea deities and their attendants have been depicted holding the trident.

Poseidon's consort [[Amphitrite]] is often identified by some marine attribute other than a trident, which she never carries according to some scholars, though other commentators have disagreed.<ref name=collignon/>{{Refn|The helmeted goddess bearing a trident has been identified as Amphitrite by [[Bernard de Montfaucon|Montfaucon]] in a carved [[carnelian]] in the collection of [[Victor-Marie d'Estrées|Maréchal d'Estrées]].<ref name=montfaucon/>}}<!--And the [[pinax]] on [[Amphitrite]] page-->

Turning to the retinue or a train of beings which follow the sea deities (the [[thiasus#marine thiasos|marine thiasos]]) the [[Triton (mythology)|Triton]]s ([[merman|mermen]]) may be seen bearing tridents.{{sfnp|Mylonopoulos|2009|pp=188–189}} Likewise, the [[Old Man of the Sea]] (''halios geron'') and the god [[Nereus]] are seen holding tridents.{{sfnp|Mylonopoulos|2009|pp=188–189}} Tritons, other mermen, and the [[Nereides]] can also carry rudders, oars, fish, or dolphins.{{sfnp|Mylonopoulos|2009|pp=188–189}}

Oceanus normally should not carry a trident, allowing him to be clearly distinguished from Poseidon. However, there is [[conflation]] of the deities in [[Romano-British culture|Romano-British]] iconography, and examples exist where the crab-claw headed Oceanus also bears a trident.{{Refn|Oceanus Mosaic from [[Withington, Gloucestershire|Withington]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=661249001&objectid=827698 |title=The Oceanus Mosaic |work=The British Museum}}</ref> The "pavement from Ashcroft Villas,
 Cirencester" is also mentioned.}}<ref name=wilson/> Oceanus holding a trident has been found on [[Roman Britain|Romano-British]] [[Roman currency|coinage]] as well.{{efn|The reverse side on the [[denarius]] of [[Carausius]], acquired by the [[British Museum]] in 1998.}}<ref name=williams-numismatic/>

Some ''[[Putto|amorini]]'' have been depicted carrying tiny tridents.{{efn|[[Porta Capena]] mosaics, Rome. In the center is a square with geometric design (star inscribed in circle), and there are four diagonal spokes from it in the shape of a trident.}}{{sfnp|Blake|1936|p=149}}

The trident is even seen suspended like a pendant on a [[dolphin]] in Roman mosaic art.{{efn|[[Villa Boscoreale|Villa della Pisanella]], [[Boscoreale]], Italy.}}{{sfnp|Blake|1936|p=139}}