AMPHITRITE was the goddess-queen of the sea, wife of Poseidon, and eldest of the fifty Nereides. She was the female personification of the sea--the loud-moaning mother of fish, seals, and dolphins. When Poseidon first sought Amphitrite's hand in marriage, she fled his advances and hid herself away near Atlas in the Ocean stream at the far ends of the earth. ... Oil on Canvas original size: 30*30