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{{Short description|Nymph in Greek mythology}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Thoosa''' ({{IPAc-en|θ|oʊ|ˈ|oʊ|s|ə}}, {{langx|grc|Θόωσα|Thóōsa}}), also spelled '''Thoösa''', was, according to [[Homer]], the sea [[nymph]] daughter of the [[Primordial Greek gods|primordial]] [[Greek sea gods|sea god]] [[Phorcys]], and the mother, by [[Poseidon]], of the Cyclops [[Polyphemus]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Od.+1.44&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Thoosa 1.70–73]. Heubeck, Hainsworth and West, p. 69 on line 71-3, notes that "Thoosa seems to be an ''ad hoc'' invention, her name recalling the swift movement of the waves".; compare with [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+E.7.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Thoosa E.7.4]; [[Nonnus]], [https://topostext.org/work/529#39.288 39.293-294]; [[Servius the Grammarian|Servius]]' Commentary on [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneads|Aeneid]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+A.+5.824&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Thoosae 5.824]; [[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' [https://www.theoi.com/Text/TheocritusIdylls2.html 11.25 ff. & 62ff.]</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
* Heubeck, Alfred, J. B. Hainsworth, Stephanie West, ''A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey: Volume I: Introduction and Books I&ndash;VIII'', Oxford University Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-19-814747-3}}.
* [[Homer]], ''The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes''. Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
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[[Category:Nymphs]]
[[Category:Women of Poseidon]]
[[Category:Polyphemus]]