Proto (mythology)

Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Proto or Protho[1] (/ˈprəʊtəʊ/; Ancient Greek: Πρωτὼ Prôtô means 'the first'[2] or 'the receiver'[3]) was the Nereid of the first or maiden voyage[3] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4] She 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.[5]

## Notes

1. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Scheffero)
2. ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 64.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 282. ISBN 9780786471119.
4. ↑ Homer, Iliad 18.43; Hesiod, Theogony 256; Apollodorus, 1.2.7
5. ↑ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51

## References

* Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.

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