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Proteus was a prophetic old sea-god and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals. Menelaus, a hero of the Trojan War, encountered Proteus during his return voyage to Greece, and upon capturing him compelled the god to prophesy the future.

Proteus was specifically associated with the island of Lemnos, the nearby Thracian peninsular of Pallene, and the Egyptian island of Pharos. Like Melikertes he may have been the Greek equivalent of the Phoenician sea-god Melkart. The island of Pharos, which is his home in the Odyssey, possessed a Phoenician trading colony in historical times.

Description
Proteus was a prophetic old sea-god and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals. Menelaus, a hero of the Trojan War, encountered Proteus during his return voyage to Greece, and upon capturing him compelled the god to prophesy the future.

Proteus was specifically associated with the island of Lemnos, the nearby Thracian peninsular of Pallene, and the Egyptian island of Pharos. Like Melikertes he may have been the Greek equivalent of the Phoenician sea-god Melkart. The island of Pharos, which is his home in the Odyssey, possessed a Phoenician trading colony in historical times.