Amphitrite Nereus dancing with liquid feet, and "august, ox-eyed Amphitrite", who wreathed him with her wedding wreath, according to a fragment of Bacchylides. Jane Ellen Harrison recognized in the poetic treatment an authentic echo of Amphitrite's early importance: "It would have been much simpler for Poseidon to recognize his own son... the myth belongs to that early stratum of mythology when Poseidon was not yet god of the sea, or, at least, no-wise supreme there—Amphitrite and the Nereids ruled there, with their servants the Tritons. Even so late as the "Iliad" Amphitrite is not yet 'Neptuni uxor'" [Neptune's wife]". Amphitrite, "the
Son of God the " are found in several passages of the Old Testament as well, but generally do not refer to Jesus or the Trinity directly. In Islam, Jesus is known as "Īsā ibn Maryam" (), and is understood to be a prophet and messenger of God (Allah) and "al-Masih", the Arabic term for Messiah (Christ), sent to guide the Children of Israel ("banī isrā'īl" in Arabic) with a new revelation, the "al-Injīl" (Arabic for "the gospel"). Islam completely denies that Jesus was the begotten son of God (Allah) or "part of" God (Allah). As in Christianity, Islam believes Jesus had no