28+ Greek Mythology Triton Mermaid Pics. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was raised by mermaids. Triton is the son of poseidon and amphitrite halosydne.

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Triton, the messenger of poseidon and the depths. In ancient greek mythology the mermaids were decscendents of poseidon and the daughters of triton. In greek mythology zeus and poseidon are brothers.

That makes hercules and king triton first cousins.

Tritons were a race of sea gods and goddesses born from triton. Gradually, the name triton started being used to describe a class of creatures similar to mermaids and of either sex, who served as followers of other sea deities. He was also the god of a lake in libya. Roman mythology is greek mythology but with different names the romans built off of greek mythology.