Nessus (Greek myth)

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In Greek mythology, Nessus (/ˈnɛsəs/; Ancient Greek: Νέσσος, romanized: Nessos) may refer to the following personages:

• Nessus, the river-god of the river Nestus (also called Nessus or Nesus) in Thrace. He is the son of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys,^[1] and the father of the naiad Callirrhoe who mothered Biston, Odomas and Edonus by Ares.^[2] Nestus is possibly the father of another Bistonian naiad Thronia, mother of Abderus by Poseidon.^[3]

• Nessus, a centaur who attempted to violate Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, and thus killed by the hero.^[4]

• Nessus, a Trojan warrior who participated in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Achaean hero, Ajax the Greater.^[5]