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In Greek mythology, Arethusa was a daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was a nymph changed by Artemis into a fountain to enable her to escape the pursuit of Alpheus.
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In Greek mythology, Galatea was the daughter of Nereus and Doris. She rejected the advances of the Cyclops Polyphemus and instead gave herself to the Sicilian shepherd Acis. Polyphemus crushed Acis beneath a rock.
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In Greek mythology, the Nereid were 50 sea goddesses, or nymphs, who sometimes mated with mortals. Their father was Nereus and their mother was Doris.
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In Greek mythology, Nereus was a sea god. He was a son of Pontys and Gaea.
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The Nereus was a Greek Glavkos Class submarine of 718 tons displacement launched in 1927. The Nereus was powered by two sets of 2-cycle Sulzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots surfaced and 9.5 knots submerged and a maximum range of 6400 km and a diving depth of 45 fathoms. She carried a complement of 41 and was armed with one 3.9 inch gun; one 3 pdr anti-aircraft gun and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes, six in the bow and two in the stern.
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