TRITON, a sea god, was Poseidon's son in Greek mythology and Neptune's son in Roman mythology. Neptune commands the winds at sea as Aeolus commands them on land (Aeneid I.132-141). Triton, Neptune's son, blows a sea conch; Misenus, Aeolus's son, blows a battle trumpet for Hector and, later, for Aeneas. Misenus challenged Triton to a musical contest and lost, whereupon Triton drowned him (Aeneid VI.162-176).

Triton carries Eolus's trumpets as they go up to Fame's house, HF III.1595-1604. Virgil seems to have connected Aeolus and Triton in some slight way in the Aeneid. When Demophon's ship is wrecked, Neptune, Thetis, Chorus, and Triton pity him and wash him up on the beach of Rhodope, where Phillis is the queen, LGW 2417-2424. [Demophon: Eolus: Messenus: Neptune: Phillis: Thetis]

The name occurs twice medially, HF III.1604; LGW 2422, and once in final rhyming position, HF III.1596.