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Minerva is said to have been called Tritonia, either from the Cretan word τριτω, signifying ‘a head,’ as she sprang from the head of Jupiter; or from Trito, a lake of Libya, near which she was said to have been born.] [Footnote 89: _Tritonian.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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Here is the book's theme; its working out allows for a boxing match between the President of Hygeia and the Foreign Secretary of Tritonia as the minimum of hostilities; a wicked newspaper lord, who pulls strings in both countries, and a faithful butler to the Royal Family, who becomes assistant state nursemaid and cleans silver as a hobby.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Various
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She is also known by the names Pallas, Parthenos, Tritonia, and Glaucopis.
Africa and African Methodism. Alfred Lee Ridgel 1896
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Without waiting for the signal, the Tritonia got under way, and under full sail, with a fresh breeze, stood out of the harbor.
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver Optic 1859
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He returned to the cutter and pulled off to the Tritonia, and directed Mr. Tompion, the second vice-principal, in charge of her, to run into Lillesand, and ascertain what had become of the absentees.
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver Optic 1859
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The second vice-principal, in charge of the Tritonia, was Mr. Tompion, who, like his two superiors in rank, had formerly been an officer of the navy.
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver Optic 1859
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The Josephine, a topsail schooner, had been added the second year; and now the Tritonia, a vessel of the same size and rig, was on her first voyage.
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver Optic 1859
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The boats from the Josephine and the Tritonia came alongside the ship, bringing all the officers and crews of those vessels.
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver Optic 1859
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The Tritonia, which was a fast vessel, did not detain her consorts more than a couple of hours.
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver Optic 1859
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The Josephine and the Tritonia also obtained pilots soon after.
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Oliver Optic 1859
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