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Pontoporeia (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Pontoporeia, Pontoporea or Pontopereia (Ancient Greek: Ποντοπόρεια means 'the seafarer'[1]) was the Nereid of sea-crossing[2] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3]

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  1. ^ Kerenyi, p. 65; Hard, p. 52.
  2. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 280. ISBN 9780786471119.
  3. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 256

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