Triton (mythology)

Triton
Attic black-figure hydria, depicting Triton fought by Heracles.
Abode	Sea
Symbol	Conch shell
Genealogy
Parents	Poseidon and Amphitrite
Siblings	Rhodos, Benthesikyme, and several paternal half-siblings
Consort	Libya
Children	Triteia, Pallas, Calliste

Triton (/ˈtraɪtɒn/; Greek: Τρίτων, translit. Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet.^{[citation needed]}

Triton is usually represented as a merman, with the upper body of a human and the tailed lower body of a fish. At some time during the Greek and Roman era, Triton(s) became a generic term for a merman (mermen) in art and literature. In English literature, Triton is portrayed as the messenger or herald for the god Poseidon.

Triton of Lake Tritonis of ancient Libya is a namesake mythical figure that appeared and aided the Argonauts. Moreover, according to Apollonius Rhodius, he married the Oceanid of the said region, Libya.