Greek sea gods conform to a single type: that of Homer's "halios geron" or Old Man of the Sea: Nereus, Proteus, Glaucus and Phorkys. These sea gods are not as powerful as Poseidon, the main god of the oceans and seas. Each one is a shape-shifter, a prophet, and the father of either radiantly beautiful nymphs or hideous monsters (or both, in the case of Phorkys). Nymphs and monsters blur, for Hesiod relates that Phorcys was wed to the "beautiful-cheeked" Ceto, whose name is merely the feminine of the monstrous Cetus, to whom Andromeda was due to be sacrificed. Each appearance in myth
Old Man of the Sea Log from the Sea of Cortez" by John Steinbeck. The Old Man of the Sea is also a card in trading card game in the expansion Arabian Nights based upon the character in Sinbad voyages, but originally it was based upon Hassan Ibn Saba, The Old Man of the Mountain. The Old Man of the Sea is mentioned in "Avengers," Vol. 1, No. 1 (1963) by Loki. Old Man of the Sea In Greek mythology, the Old Man of the Sea () was a primordial figure who could be identified as any of several water-gods, generally Nereus or Proteus, but