Psamathe
Psamathe ( Greek Ψάμαθη ) is a nereid in Greek mythology .
She is the mother of Phokos , whose father is Aiakos . She punishes Peleus , who murdered his half-brother Phokos by chasing a wolf on his flock. At the request of Thetis , the wife of Peleus, she petrified the monster.
literature
- Ovid , Metamorphosen XI, 346-409;
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Fink : Who's who in ancient mythology . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-423-30362-X , p. 269 .
- ^ Ovid: Metamorphoses in prose, newly translated by Gerhard Fink . Artemis, Zurich and Munich 1989, ISBN 3-596-10497-1 , pp. 471 .