Panopea
The Nereid of the sea's "panorama."
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Greek Name | Transliteration | Latin Spelling | Translation |
Πανοπεια Πανοπη | Panopeia, Panopê | Panopea, Panope | Panorama, All-Seeing |
Νηρεις Νηρειδες | Nêreis, Nêreides | Nereid, Nereids | Daughters of Nereus |
PANOPEIA (Panope) was the Nereid nymph or goddess of the sea's broad panorama. She was probably associated with the sighting of land and approaching storms by sailors. Her name means "all-seeing" from the Greek words pan and ops. Panopeia was one of the few Nereides frequently mentioned as an individual. She was often paired with Galateia.
THE NEREIDES (Nereids) were fifty sea-nymphe daughters of Nereus the old man of the sea. They were goddesses of the sea's rich bounty and protectors of sailors and fishermen, coming to the aid of those in distress. Individually they represented various facets of the sea from the salty brine, to the sea foam, sand, rocks, waves and currents, as well as the various skills possessed by seamen.
The Nereides dwelt with their elderly father in a silvery grotto at the bottom of the Aegean Sea. The Nereid Thetis was their unofficial leader and Amphitrite was Poseidon's queen.
The Nereides were depicted in ancient art as beautiful, young maidens, sometimes running with small dolphins or fish in their hands, or else riding on the backs of dolphins, hippokampoi (hippocamps) and other sea creatures.
The name Nereides means "Daughters of Nereus" but also "the Wet Ones" from nêros the Greek word for "wet".