Nereus

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.11 father of the Nereids

  Nereus, the old sea-god, who can tilt the sea to bring a ship home.

• The Heroides §3 Nereus

  The old sea-god, father of Thetis and so Achilles' grandfather; he would welcome a worthy descendant by marriage.

• The Heroides §9 Nereus

  The blue sea-god whose waters girdle the earth Hercules has pacified.

• Metamorphoses §1.5 Nereus

  The old sea-god, here by metonymy the sea that surrounds the whole world.

• Metamorphoses §2.17 Nereus

  The 'old man of the sea,' father of the Nereids, who hides in his caves from the heat.

• Metamorphoses §12.356 Nereus

  The old sea-god, father of the Nereids, whom Neptune (Cycnus's father) rules.

• Metamorphoses §13.419 whose father is Nereus

  The old sea-god, father of the Nereids.