Ceto (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Ceto (; or 'whale') may refer to three divine women:

Ceto, a primordial sea goddess and daughter of Pontus (Sea) and Gaia (Earth).Hesiod, Theogony 238 She was the mother of the Phorcydes by her brother Phorcys.Apollodorus, 1.10 Ceto, a "naiad daughter of Oceanus" and thus one of the Oceanids. Her mother was probably the Titaness Tethys. Ceto bore Helios a daughter, Astris.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.355; Parada, p. 44 Ceto, the Nereid of sea-monsters and one of the 50 sea nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Apollodorus, 1.2.7

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