Triton (mythology) Triton (mythology) Triton (; "Tritōn") is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as a merman which has the upper body of a human and the tail, soft dorsal fin, spiny dorsal fin, anal fin, pelvic fins and caudal fin of a fish, "sea-hued", according to Ovid "his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells". Like his father, Poseidon, he carried a trident. However, Triton's special attribute was a twisted conch shell, on which he blew
Achaeus (son of Poseidon) Achaeus (son of Poseidon) In Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (; Ancient Greek: "Akhaios" derived from "achos" "αχος" "grief, pain, woe"), has been said to be the eponym of Achaea, otherwise attributed to another Achaeus, the son of Xuthus, son of Deucalion. Achaeus is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea and Larissa, daughter of Pelasgus, the son of Triopas and this makes him of Argive descent through his mother's parentage. He is the brother of Phthius and Pelasgus. Together with his brothers Phthius and Pelasgus, they left Achaean Argos with a Pelasgian contingent for Thessaly. They then established