Pherusa, one of the 50
Nereids, marine-
nymph daughters of the '
Old Man of the Sea'
Nereus and the
OceanidDoris.[2][3] Her name, a
participle, means "she who carries." She, along with her sister
Dynamene, were associated with the power of great ocean swells. Pherousa and her other sisters appear to
Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of
Achilles at the slaying of his friend
Patroclus.[4]
Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
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Pherusa, one of the 50
Nereids, marine-
nymph daughters of the '
Old Man of the Sea'
Nereus and the
OceanidDoris.[2][3] Her name, a
participle, means "she who carries." She, along with her sister
Dynamene, were associated with the power of great ocean swells. Pherousa and her other sisters appear to
Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of
Achilles at the slaying of his friend
Patroclus.[4]
Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.