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In Greek mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters, represented as having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. Over time, his name and image came to be associated with a class of creatures, Tritons, which could be male or female, and usually formed the escort of marine divinities.

According to Hesiod's Theogony, Triton dwelt with his parents in a golden palace in the depths of the sea. The story of the Argonauts places his home on the coast of Libya. When the Argo was driven ashore on the Lesser Syrtes , the crew carried the vessel to Lake Tritonis, whence Triton, the local deity, guided them across to the Mediterranean ( Apollonius Rhodius iv. 1552).

His special attribute was a twisted seashell, on which he blew to calm or raise the waves. Its sound was so terrible, when loudly blown, that it put the giants to flight, who imagined it to be the roar of a mighty wild beast ( Hyginus, Poet, aslronom. ii. 23). When MisenusIn Greek mythology, there were two people called Misenus . A friend of Odysseus #A companion of Hector and, after his death, Aeneas' trumpeter. He challenged Triton in a trumpet contest, who drowned him after Triton won. Cape Miseno was named after him Ae, the trumpeter of AeneasAeneas or Aineas was a famous Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Aphrodite, father of Ascanius with Creusa, and one of the most important figures in Greek and Roman legendary history. In Homer's stories, he is represented as the chief bulwark of the Trojans, challenged him to a contest of blowing, Triton in his jealousy flung him into the sea.

Ordinary Tritons were described in detail by the geographerGeography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Greek words g ("the Earth") and graphein ("to write," as in "to describe"). Geography is also the title of v PausaniasPausanias was Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A. who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations, (ix. 21). A variety of Triton, the CentaurSee also centaur (planetoid), Centaur (rocket stage Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira 1620-21 In Greek mythology, the centaurs are a race part human and part horse, with a horse's body and a human head and torso illustration, right . A centaur is the firso-Triton or Ichthyocentaur ("Fish-centaur"), was described as having the forefeet of a horseThis article discusses ungulate mammals. For other meanings of horse see Horse (disambiguation). The Horse Equus caballus is a large ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus''. It has long played an important role in transportat in addition to the human body and the fish tail. It is probable that the idea of Triton owes its origin to the PhoeniciaPlease see the article's for more information. Phoenicia was an ancient civilization with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon and Syria. Phoenician civilization was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread right acrossn fish-deities.