Nereus

Nereus sau Nereu (greaca veche: Νηρεύς) este "bătrânul mării", zeul Mării Mediteraneene din mitologia greacă, fiu al Gaiei și al lui Pontus.

Nereus
Heracle și Nereus (pictură pe un vas de lut din Beoția, din perioada 590–580 î.Hr.)
Civilizația	religia în Grecia Antică[*]​
Căsătorit cu	Doris[*][[Doris (Oceanid of Greek mythology)|​]][1]
Urmași	Galatea[2][3] Actaea[*][[Actaea (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Arethusa Agave[*][[Agave (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Amatheia[*][[Amatheia (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Amphithoe[*][[Amphithoe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Apseudes[*][[Apseudes (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Asia[*][[Asia (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Autonoe[*][[Autonoe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Beroe[*][[Beroe (Nereid or Oceanid of Greek mythology)|​]] Callianassa[*][[Callianassa (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Clio[*][[Clio (Nereid of Greek mythology, daughter of Nereus and Doris)|​]] Clymene[*][[Clymene (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Cydippe[*][[Cydippe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Cymatolege[*][[Cymatolege (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Cymo[*][[Cymo (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Cymodoce[*][[Cymodoce (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Cymothoe[*][[Cymothoe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Dexamene[*][[Dexamene (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Doris[*][[Doris (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Doto[*][[Doto (nereid in Greek mythology)|​]] Drymo[*][[Drymo (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Dynamene[*][[Dynamene (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Eione[*][[Eione (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Ephyra[*][[Ephyra (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Erato[*][[Erato (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Euagore[*][[Euagore (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Eucrante[*][[Eucrante (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Eudore[*][[Eudore (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Eulimene[*][[Eulimene (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Eunice[*][[Eunice (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Glauce[*][[Glauce (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Glauconome[*][[Glauconome (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Halie[*][[Halie (Nereid)|​]] Halimede[*][[Halimede (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Hipponoe[*][[Hipponoe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Hippothoe[*][[Hippothoe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Iaera[*][[Iaera (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Ianassa[*][[Ianassa (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Ianeira[*][[Ianeira (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Ligea[*][[Ligea (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Limnoreia[*][[Limnoreia (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Lycorias[*][[Lycorias (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Lysianassa[*][[Lysianassa (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Maera[*][[Maera (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Melite[*][[Melite (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]][4] Proto[*][[Proto (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Nemertes[*][[Nemertes (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Nesaea[*][[Nesaea (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Opis[*][[Opis (nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Orithyia[*][[Orithyia (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Phyllodoce[*][[Phyllodoce (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Polynome[*][[Polynome (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Pontomedusa[*][[Pontomedusa (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Sao[*][[Sao (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Speio[*][[Speio (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Thaleia[*][[Thaleia (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Thetis[1][5][6] Thoe[*][[Thoe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Xantho[*][[Xantho (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Amfitrita[1][7][8][9] Panopea[*][[Panopea (water deity)|​]] Pherusa[*][[Pherusa (water deity)|​]] Eurydice[*][[Eurydice (Greek mythology Nereid)|​]] Amphinome[*][[Amphinome (Greek mythical character, Nereid)|​]] Galene[*][[Galene (nereid in Greek mythology)|​]] Pronoe[*][[Pronoe (Nereid)|​]] Halice[*][[Halice (Nereid)|​]] Nerites[*][[Nerites (Greek deity)|​]] Psamathe[*][[Psamathe (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]] Calypso Cranto[*][[Cranto (Nereid)|​]] Creneis[*][[Creneis (Nereid)|​]] Deianira[*][[Deianira (Nereid)|​]] Deiopea[*][[Deiopea (Nereid)|​]] Dero[*][[Dero (Nereid)|​]] Dione[*][[Dione (Nereid)|​]] Evarne[*][[Evarne (Nereid)|​]] Eumolpe[*][[Eumolpe (Nereid)|​]] Eupompe[*][[Eupompe (Nereid)|​]] Glaucothoe[*][[Glaucothoe (Nereid in Greek mythology)|​]] Ploto[*][[Ploto (One of the Nereids)|​]] Menippe[*][[Menippe (Nereid)|​]] Laomedia[*][[Laomedia (Nereid in Greek mythology)|​]] Neso[*][[Neso (Nereid)|​]] Protomedea[*][[Protomedea (one of the Nereids)|​]] Plexaure[*][[Plexaure (Nereid)|​]] Ione[*][[Ione (Nereid)|​]] Neomeris[*][[Neomeris (Nereid)|​]] Nausithoe (nereid)[*][[Nausithoe (nereid) (Nereid)|​]] Pasithea[*][[Pasithea (Nereid)|​]][10] Pontoporeia[*][[Pontoporeia (Nereid)|​]] Polynoe[*][[Polynoe (Nereid)|​]] Callianira[*][[Callianira (One of the Nereids)|​]] Ceto[*][[Ceto (Nereid)|​]] Leucothoe[*]​ Neaera[*][[Neaera (nymph in Greek mythology, loved by Helios)|​]] Arethusa[*][[Arethusa (Nereid of Greek mythology)|​]]
Tată	Pontus[1][11]
Mamă	Geea[1][11]
Bunic	Haos
Bunică	Geea  Hemera
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Soția sa este Doris și, împreună, cei doi sunt părinții celor 50 de Nereide, nimfe ale mării prietenoase. Nereus este un bătrân foarte înțelept, care are puterea de a prezice viitorul, dar nu răspunde la întrebări decât dacă este prins, iar pentru a evita acest lucru, el își schimbă forma (ca atunci când Heracles a venit să îl întrebe despre drumul spre Grădina Hesperidelor). Domeniul lui Nereus și al celor 50 de fiice este, în special, Marea Egee, unde au salvat multe nave de la distrugere. Nereus a fost tatăl lui Thetys, care la rândul ei a fost mama eroului grec Ahile. Nereus este menționat de Homer, Hesiod, Pseudo-Apollodorus^{⁠(en)[traduceți]}, Apollonius din Rodos, Goethe.