person
Proteus
also: the Carpathian old man
The shape-shifting old man of the sea ('the Carpathian old man'), able to take any form at will.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.15 Carpathian old man
Proteus, the shape-shifting sea-god, who like Circe could change a man's form at will.
- Metamorphoses §11.330 old Proteus
The shape-shifting sea-seer ('the Carpathian seer') whose prophecy that Thetis would bear a greater son makes Jupiter yield her to Peleus.