Amphitrite. One of the fifty Nereids (daughters of Nereus and Doris), Amphitrite was the consort of Poseidon (Neptune). The sea-god had fallen in love with her after seeing her dancing on Naxos. Their union produced the merman Triton and the nymphs Rhode and Benthesicyme. A minor mythological figure, Amphitrite is sometimes credited with turning the sea-nymph Scylla into a monster capable of seizing sailors from passing ships. She occasionally personifies the sea or the element Water. Amphitrite is often depicted in the visual arts in the company of Poseidon, usually in stylized sea-triumphs (similar to, and sometimes interchangeably identified as, triumphs of Venus or the sea-nymph Galatea). Classical Sources. Homer, Odyssey 3.91, 5.422,12.60. Hesiod, Theogony 243,254, 93off. Apollodorus, Biblioteca 1.2.2, 1.2.7,1-4-5- Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.17.3. Hyginus, Poetica astronomica 2.17. See also Gods and Goddesses, as Elements; Poseidon.