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Origin of the name NEPTUNE.
Etymology of the
name NEPTUNE.
Meaning of the baby name NEPTUNE.
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Books consulted: A Classical Dictionary, by
John Lemprière, 1827;
and, A Classical
Dictionary, by Charles Anthon, 1855.
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NEPTUNE. A
short form of Roman Neptunus,
perhaps meaning "sea water" or "of the sea."
Neptune or Poseidon, the son of Saturn and Rhea, and the brother of
Jupiter and Juno, appears to have been one of the most ancient divinities
of Greece; although, according to Herodotus (2, 50), he was not originally
a Greek deity, but his worship was imported from Libya. (Anthon)
The son of Saturn and Ops, and brother to Jupiter, Pluto, and
Juno. He was devoured by his father the day of his birth, and
again restored to life by means of Metis, who gave Saturn a certain
potion. Pausanias says that his mother concealed him in a
sheep-fold in Arcadia, and she imposed upon her husband, telling him
that she had brought a colt into the world, which was instantly devoured
by Saturn. Neptune shared with his brothers the empire of Saturn,
and received as his portion the kingdom of the sea. (Lemprière)
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