Pontus (Sea)

A personification of the sea. Pontus was born, along with Uranus ("Sky") and Ourea ("Hill"), from Gaea. Pontus literally means the "sea".

Pontus lay with his mother Gaea and became the father of Nereus and Phorcys, and also Eurybia, Thaumas (father of Iris), and the sea monster Ceto. As a sea-god, his son Nereus was more important than he was.

Pontus was also said to have a wife named Thalassa (Dione), a sea goddess, possibly the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.