Amphitrite

"This is my, er, wife, Amphitrite."

- Poseidon to Percy

Amphitrite is the wife of Poseidon and Queen of the Sea. She is one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of Nereus. By Poseidon, she is the mother of Triton. Her Roman counterpart is Salacia.

History
After Poseidon replaced Oceanus as ruler of the Sea, Amphitrite became his wife. When she resisted, Poseidon sent Delphin to retrieve her. They had various children, including Triton, who became both his father's heir and herald.

The Last Olympian
Amphitrite is seen talking strategy with her husband Poseidon in the throne room of their ocean-floor palace, along with their son, Triton. Percy Jackson, her stepson, joins them, and Amphitrite treats him coldly, as he is the proof of her husband's unfaithfulness. Percy expects nothing else, and feels sorry for her as she doesn't have a faithful husband. She is worried about Oceanus attacking and how Poseidon is losing power to the former ruler of the Sea. She is shown as a warrior, as she leaves the meeting to return to the battle. Poseidon then apologizes for her behavior to Percy.

Personality
"Excuse me, my lord. I am needed in the battle."

- Amphitrite In Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Amphitrite is shown to be very shy, and unwilling to be "bossed around" by others. Hence, she initially did not even consider marriage, and seemed to relish the possibility of living a quiet life on the seafloor, which is why she always avoided Poseidon's advances. According to Delphin, Amphitrite radiates kindness and gentleness, more so than many other goddesses. In The Last Olympian, Amphitrite is shown to be a formal goddess, calling her husband "my lord". She is proud and haughty to Percy, but is likely otherwise when she is speaking to others. She is hurt by her husbands' liaisons, and wasn't happy when Poseidon broke his promise on the River Styx that he wouldn't have anymore demigod children, resulting in Percy. While she does not, unlike Hera, punish or harm her husband's mistresses or his children by other women, she does show strong disapproval of them.

Appearance
"To his right stood a beautiful woman in green armor with flowing black hair and strange little horns like crab claws."

- Percy Jackson In Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Amphitrite is described as incredibly beautiful (even more so than her other Nereid sisters), with long and wavy hair, as "black as midnight", and brilliant green eyes. Her hair was held back by a thin net of bright pearls and silk. She also has small horns on her head, shaped like crab claws. Amphitrite usually wears a simple white dress, made from sea foam, which "waved with the currents." She also has a kind smile, and a wonderful laugh (which attracted Poseidon). In The Last Olympian, while helping Poseidon battle Oceanus' forces, Amphitrite wears green battle armor. She fights with a trident and a net.

Salacia
Salacia is Amphitrite's Roman counterpart. As Salacia, she becomes more disciplined, warlike, and militaristic. In ancient Roman mythology, Salacia was the female divinity of the sea, worshiped as the goddess of salt water who presided over the depths of the ocean. She was the wife and queen of Neptune, god of the sea. As Neptune's wife, Salacia bore him three children. Salacia was the personification of the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea.

The sea god Neptune wanted to marry Salacia, but she was in great awe of her distinguished suitor, and to preserve her virginity, with grace and celerity she managed to glide out of his sight, and hid from him in the Atlantic Ocean. The grieving Neptune sent a dolphin to look for her and persuade the fair nymph to come back and share his throne. Salacia agreed to marry Neptune. Overjoyed at these good tidings, the dolphin was awarded a place in the heavens, where he now forms a well known constellation Delphinus.

Salacia is represented as a beautiful nymph, crowned with seaweed, either enthroned beside Neptune or driving with him in a pearl shell chariot drawn by dolphins, hippocampi or other fabulous creatures of the deep, and attended by Tritons and Nereids. She is dressed in queenly robes and has nets in her hair.

Abilities

 * She has the standard powers of a goddess.
 * Hydrokinesis: As a Nereid and the Queen of the Sea, she has absolute control and divine authority over water and the sea. Her hydrokinetic powers are the same as Percy's though very much increased.
 * As the goddess of fishes, dolphins and seals, she has divine authority over them.

Trivia

 * Amphitrite is one of the fifty Nereids, though she is always described as the most beautiful
 * Together with her sisters Kymatolege and Kymodoke she possesses the power to still the winds and calm the sea.
 * Amphitrite is mostly known as the female personification of the sea.
 * At first she fled away from Poseidon and his wooing, hiding herself near Atlas in the ocean stream at the far ends of the world. It was Delphin who convinced her to return and wed the king of the sea although in most stories she returned to and married Poseidon against her will.
 * Sometimes, as Salacia, she is also as the goddess of the springs, ruling over the springs of highly mineralized waters.
 * In northern Europe, the Norse god Aegir and his consort, Rán are equivalent to Neptune and Salacia (Roman counterpart of Poseidon and Amphitrite respectively).
 * The goddess Sulis, an aspect of Salacia (Roman counterpart of Amphitrite) is worshipped at the sacred hot springs at Bath.
 * Derived from Latin, sal meaning "salt", the name Salacia denotes the wide open sea, and is sometimes literally translated to mean sensational.