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Proteus — Wikipedia (en)

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In Greek mythology, Proteus ( PROH-tee-əs, PROHT-yooss; Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, romanized: Prōteús) is an early prophetic sea god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" (hálios gérôn). Some who ascribe a specific domain to Proteus call him the god of "elusive sea change", which suggests the changeable nature of the sea or the liquid quality of water. He can foretell the future, but, in a mytheme familiar to several cultures, will change his shape to avoid doing so; he answers only to those who are capable of capturing him. From this feature of Proteus comes the adjective protean, meaning "versatile", "mutable", or "capable of assuming many forms". "Protean" has positive connotations of flexibility, versatility and adaptability.

Tema degli esploratori: ricerca e scienza aperta (deposito sistematico; ricerca «digital library»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Proteus» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteus
Wikidata Q191481 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191481
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteus?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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