Nessus (mythology)
Greek mythological figures
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In Greek mythology, Nessus (/ˈnɛsəs/; Ancient Greek: Νέσσος, romanized: Nessos) may refer to the following personages:
- Nessus, the river-god of the river Nestus (also called Nessus or Nesus) in Thrace. He is the son of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys,[1] and the father of the naiad Callirrhoe who mothered Biston, Odomas and Edonus by Ares.[2] Nestus is possibly the father of another Bistonian naiad Thronia, mother of Abderus by Poseidon.[3]
- Nessus, a centaur who attempted to violate Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, and thus killed by the hero.[4]
- Nessus, a Trojan warrior who participated in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Achaean hero, Ajax the Greater.[5]
