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Psamathe was the wife of Proteus, the old seal-herder of Poseidon. She bore him a mortal son and a sea-nymph daughter. The goddess was also seduced by the Aiginetan king Aiakos (Aeacus) who ambushed her on the beach. She tried to escape his grasp by transforming herself into a seal, but he refused to give up and she conceded to his desires, bearing him a son named Phokos (Phocus, "the Seal").

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  • Psamathe was the wife of Proteus, the old seal-herder of Poseidon. She bore him a mortal son and a sea-nymph daughter. The goddess was also seduced by the Aiginetan king Aiakos (Aeacus) who ambushed her on the beach. She tried to escape his grasp by transforming herself into a seal, but he refused to give up and she conceded to his desires, bearing him a son named Phokos (Phocus, "the Seal").
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  • Psamathe was the wife of Proteus, the old seal-herder of Poseidon. She bore him a mortal son and a sea-nymph daughter. The goddess was also seduced by the Aiginetan king Aiakos (Aeacus) who ambushed her on the beach. She tried to escape his grasp by transforming herself into a seal, but he refused to give up and she conceded to his desires, bearing him a son named Phokos (Phocus, "the Seal"). The boy was the favorite of his father, which the jealousy of his half-brothers Peleus and Telamon. The pair conspired to murder him and were exiled from the island. Psamathe was aggrieved and sent a giant wolf to harass the flocks of Peleus. However, through the advise of Thetis, his wife and the sister of Psamathe, he managed to assuage the goddess with sacrifices
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