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Nereus

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Nereus

In Greek mythology, a sea god. He was the husband of Doris and father of the Nereids.

Nereus was believed to have the gift of prophecy and to be able to change his shape. Heracles made him reveal the whereabouts of the golden apples of the Hesperides after a long contest.



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Then Achilles gave a loud cry and his mother heard him as she was sitting in the depths of the sea by the old man her father, whereon she screamed, and all the goddesses daughters of Nereus that dwelt at the bottom of the sea, came gathering round her.
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