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.HN5.53.
2. a mountain-stream in Boeotia, running into lake Copais, Str.9.2.18, Paus.9.33.7.