Triton

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Greek A water god; the son of Poseidonand Amphitrite. He was often represented as a merman,with the head and body of a man and a fishtailinstead of legs.It is said that he blew on a conch shell trumpet tocalm the waves for Poseidon. Sometimes Poseidon isdepicted as being escorted by many Tritons.Triton was a benevolent, helpful deity. During theOlympian war with the Titans, Triton used his conchshell to terrify the giants. In Homer's Odyssey, Tritonsaved the Argonauts from a storm and helped themfind the Mediterranean Sea.In astronomy, Triton is one of the moons of theplanet Neptune.