The Seba library treats Amphitrite in 6 passages, across 4 authors (including Kerényi, Karl, Lattimore, Richmond, Otto, Walter F).
This was Poseidon’s marriage with Amphitrite, whereby Poseidon espoused the sea and became its ruler.
Kerényi argues that Amphitrite’s marriage to Poseidon is the singular cosmogonically significant act among all his unions, constituting the very basis of his dominion over the sea.
, The Gods of the Greeks, 1951thesis
All three names—Halia, Aphrodite, Amphitrite, and furthermore also Kapheira—must have been applied to one and the same great goddess.
Kerényi advances the comparative thesis that Amphitrite is one variant name among several for a single primordial Mediterranean sea-goddess, dissolving apparent distinctions between mythologically separate figures.
, The Gods of the Greeks, 1951thesis
Just as Zeus could be invoked simply as ‘Husband of Hera’, so could Poseidon be addressed as ‘Husband of Amphitrite of the golden spindle’.
Kerényi demonstrates that Amphitrite’s identity as Poseidon’s consort is so foundational that it defines the god’s very invocation, paralleling the structural relationship of Zeus and Hera.
, The Gods of the Greeks, 1951supporting
some sea monster, of whom Amphitrite keeps so many; never can sailors boast aloud that their ship has passed her without any loss of men
Homer’s Odyssey presents Amphitrite as active sovereign over the sea’s monstrous inhabitants, establishing her role as a terrifying custodian of the deep’s dangers.
, Odyssey of Homer, 2009supporting
Ariadne’s crown is without question none other than that which Theseus received as a gift from Amphitrite in the depths of the sea. It was originally a gift from Aphrodite
Otto links Amphitrite to the Dionysiac complex of Ariadne by tracing the crown’s mythological genealogy through the sea goddess back to Aphrodite, implicating Amphitrite in a chain of marine divine gift-giving.
, Dionysus Myth and Cult (1965), 1965supporting
aXoalBvTi: child of the sea; Thetis, Y 207; Amphitrite, S 404.
The Homeric Dictionary records the epithet ‘child of the sea’ as applied to both Thetis and Amphitrite, confirming their shared linguistic and conceptual proximity in the epic tradition.
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