Proto (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Proto or Protho^[1] (/ˈprəʊtəʊ/; Ancient Greek: Πρωτὼ Prôtô means 'the first'^[2] or 'the receiver'^[3]) was the Nereid of the first or maiden voyage^[3] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[4] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.^[5]