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Nymph in Greek mythology This article is about the nymph. For the sponge genus, see Thoosa (sponge).

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In Greek mythology, Thoosa (/θoʊˈoʊsə/, Ancient Greek: Θόωσα, romanized: Thóōsa), also spelled Thoösa, was, according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus.

Notes

Homer, Odyssey 1.70–73. Heubeck, Hainsworth and West, p. 69 on line 71-3, notes that "Thoosa seems to be an ad hoc invention, her name recalling the swift movement of the waves".; compare with Apollodorus, E.7.4; Nonnus, 39.293-294; Servius' Commentary on Virgil, Aeneid 5.824; Theocritus, Idylls 11.25 ff. & 62ff.

Heubeck, Alfred, J. B. Hainsworth, Stephanie West, A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey: Volume I: Introduction and Books I–VIII, Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-19-814747-3.
Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

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