#amphitrite

• Amphitrite — A goddess of the sea in Greek mythology, one of the nereids (or oceanids), the wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton. In classical art, she is often depicted driving a chariot drawn by tritons or hippocamps, serving as the symbolic personification of the ocean's calm and majesty; her name is sometimes used figuratively in literature to designate the sea itself.
• Amphitrite — An ancient proper noun designating the goddess of the sea in Greek mythology, a prominent Nereid who became the wife of Poseidon and queen of the oceans; in astronomy, the term represents the S-type asteroid number 29 (29 Amphitrite), one of the largest celestial bodies in the main belt; in biology, it designates a genus of marine polychaete worms that live in sedimentary tubes.