# Amphitrite explained — Bulfinch’s Mythology

> Chapter companion for Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

## What happens

Amphitrite, daughter of Nereus and Doris, becomes the wife of Neptune after he courts her while riding a dolphin. In gratitude, Neptune places the dolphin among the stars.

## Character check-ins

### Neptune

Courts and marries Amphitrite, rewards the dolphin.

### Triton

Son of Amphitrite and Neptune.

## Key lines

> Amphitrite was the wife of Neptune. She was the daughter of Nereus and Doris, and the mother of Triton.

Amphitrite, married to Neptune, is the child of Nereus and Doris and the parent of Triton.

_Introduces Amphitrite's family relations._

> Neptune, to pay his court to Amphitrite, came riding on a dolphin. Having won her he rewarded the dolphin by placing him among the stars.

Neptune courted Amphitrite by riding a dolphin, and after winning her, he honored the dolphin by making it a constellation.

_Describes Neptune's courtship and the dolphin's reward._

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