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In
Greek mythology, Protomedea or Protomedia (
Ancient Greek: Πρωτομέδεια Prôtomedeia) was one of the 50
Nereids, marine-
nymph daughters of the '
Old Man of the Sea'
Nereus and the
Oceanid
Doris.
[1] Her name means 'the first ruleress'
[2] or 'first queen, first counsel'.
[3]
Notes
References
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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.
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Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.