Protomedeia

In Greek mythology, Protomedea or Protomedia (Ancient Greek: Πρωτομέδεια Prôtomedeia) was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the sea god Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.¹ Her name means 'the first ruleress'² or 'first queen, first counsel'.³

Notes

Hesiod, Theogony 249
Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 282. ISBN 9780786471119.

References

Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.

[1] Hesiod, Theogony 249

[2] Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.

[:02-3] Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 282. ISBN 9780786471119.

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