Τρίτων

A. Triton, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, Hes. Th. 931, Lyc. 887, Plb. 7.9.2:—later in pl. Τρίτωνες, Tritons, seagods with fishes' or (sts.) with horses' tails, Mosch. 2.123, Paus. 9.21.1, etc.

2. the god of the Libyan lake Tritonis, Hdt. 4.179, A.R. 4.1552.

II. a river in Libya, joining the lake Tritonis with the sea, A. Eu. 293, Hdt. 4.178,191; ποταμὸς Τρίτων, = Νεῖλος, A.R. 4.269, cf. Lyc. 576, Plin. HN 5.53.

2. a mountain-stream in Boeotia, running into lake Copais, Str. 9.2.18, Paus. 9.33.7.