Nereus

Nereus
Nereus
Member of Sea Gods
	Nereus in a frieze of the Pergamon Altar (Berlin).
Other names	Old Man of the Sea
Abode	Aegean Sea
Personal information
Parents	Pontus and Gaia
Siblings	Thaumas; Phorcys; Ceto; Eurybia;
Consort	Doris
Offspring	Nerites; the Nereids;

In Greek mythology, Nereus (/ˈnɪəriəs/ NEER-ee-əs; Ancient Greek: Νηρεύς, romanized: Nēreús) was the eldest son of Pontus (the Sea) and Gaia (the Earth), with Pontus himself being a son of Gaia. Nereus and Doris became the parents of 50 daughters (the Nereids) and a son (Nerites), with whom Nereus lived in the Aegean Sea.^[1]

^ Hesiod, Theogony 233-36, is unequivocal that Nereus is the Old Man of the Sea (ἅλιος γέρων), whereas the Odyssey gives the sobriquet to Nereus (xxiv.58) to Proteus (iv.365, 387), and to Phorkys (xiii.96, 345).