List of Oceanids Information
Oceanus is a figure of ancient Greek myth. This is a list of his consorts and children.
According to Hesiod,[1] total number of Oceanus' children was 6000 (3000 daughters and 3000 sons), but only a relatively small portion of their names is actually attested throughout accounts of Greek mythology.
List of Oceanids
The following are the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys:[2][3][4][5][6]
- Acaste
- Admete
- Aethra
- Amaltheia
- Amphiro
- Amphitrite – usually counted as a Nereid rather than an Oceanid
- Anchiroe
- Anthracia - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Argia
- Asia – nymph of the Asian region, sister to Europa
- Asterodia[7]
- Asterope - mother by Zeus of Acragas, eponym of several ancient cities known as Acragas, possibly including Acragas, Sicily[8]
- Beroe
- Bolbe
- Cleodora
- Callirrhoe
- Calypso
- Camarina[9]
- Capheira[10]
- Cerceis
- Ceto
- Chryseis
- Clio - not to be confused with the Muse Clio
- Clymene - wife of Iapetus
- Clytie or Clytia
- Crocale - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis[11][12]
- Daira - mother of Eleusis by Hermes[13]
- Dione
- Dodone
- Doris – wife of the sea god Nereus, mother of the fifty Nereides.
- Eidyia or Idyia - wife of Aeetes, mother of Medea
- Electra - wife of Thaumas, mother of Iris, Arke and the Harpies; not to be confused with other characters of the same name, see Electra (disambiguation)
- Ephyra
- Euagoreis
- Eudore
- Europa
- Eurynome
- Galaxaure
- Glauke - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Hagno - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Hesione - wife of Prometheus
- Hippo
- Hyale - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
- Iakhe
- Ianira
- Ianthe – nymph of violet rain clouds or violet flowers
- Ithome - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Leucippe
- Lysithea
- Melia
- Meliboea
- Melite
- Melobosis
- Menestho
- Merope
- Metis – goddess of wisdom, first spouse of Zeus
- Mopsopia - Attica was believed to have been previously named Mopsopia after her[14]
- Myrtoessa - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Nede - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Nemesis
- Nephele - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis; not to be confused with Nephele, goddess of clouds
- Ocyrrhoe
- Oinoe - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Ozomene - in one source,[15] this name substitutes for Electra
- Pasithoe
- Peitho
- Periboea
- Perse or Perseis
- Petraea
- Phaino
- Phiale - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
- Philyra - mother of Chiron by Cronus
- Phrixa - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Pleione – mother of the Pleiades by Atlas
- Plexaure
- Plouto or Pluto – mother of Tantalus by Zeus
- Polydora
- Polyphe - in a rare version, mother of Athena by Poseidon[16][17]
- Polyxo
- Pronoia
- Prymno
- Psekas - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
- Rhanis - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
- Rhode or Rhodia
- Rhodope
- Stilbo
- Styx – Oceanid of the river Styx that flowed nine times around Hades; an exceptionally female river goddess
- Telesto
- Theisoa - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
- Thoe
- Tyche
- Urania - not to be confused with the Muse Urania
- Xanthe
- Zeuxo
Others: the text by Hyginus (Fabulae) is corrupted in places, making the names of a few of the Oceanids uncertain: *yaea; *lyris, *clintenneste, *teschinoeno.[6]
List of River-gods (Potamoi)
The following are the sons of Oceanus and Tethys:[6][18][19]
- Achelous or Akheloios
- Acheron
- Acragas
- Aeas
- Aegaeus
- Aesar
- Aesepus
- Almo
- Alpheus
- Amnisos
- Amphrysos
- Anapos
- Anauros
- Anigros
- Apidanus
- Arar
- Araxes
- Ardescus
- Arnos
- Asopus
- Asterion
- Axius
- Baphyras
- Borysthenes
- Brychon
- Caicinus
- Caicus
- Cayster
- Cebren
- Cephissus
- Chremetes
- Cladeus or Kladeos
- Clitunno (Roman mythology)
- Cocytus
- Cratais
- Crinisus
- Cydnos
- Cytheros
- Elisson
- Enipeus
- Erasinus
- Eridanus
- Erymanthus
- Euphrates
- Eurotas
- Evenus
- Ganges
- Granicus
- Haliacmon
- Halys
- Hebrus
- Heptaporus
- Hermus
- Hydaspes
- Ilissos
- Imbrasos
- Inachus
- Indus
- Inopos
- Ismenus
- Istrus or Ister
- Ladon
- Lamos
- Lethe (exceptionally female)
- Lycormas
- Marsyas
- Maeander
- Meles
- Mincius
- Nestos
- Nilus
- Numicius
- Nymphaeus
- Orontes
- Pactolus
- Parthenius
- Phasis
- Phlegethon or Pyriphlegethon
- Phyllis
- Peneus
- Pleistos
- Porpax
- Rhesus
- Rhine
- Rhodius
- Rhyndacus
- Satnioeis
- Sangarius
- Scamander
- Simoeis
- Spercheus
- Strymon
- Symaethus
- Tanais
- Termessus
- Thermodon
- Tiberinus (Roman mythology)
- Tigris
- Titaressus
References
- ^ Hesiod; Theogony, 364-370
- ^ Hesiod; Theogony, 346
- ^ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter, 415
- ^ Pausanias, Guide to Greece, 8.31.4; 8.38.2; 8.47.3
- ^ Apollodorus; The Library, Volume I, 1.2.2
- ^ a b c Hyginus; Fabulae, Preface: The text is corrupted in places, making the names of some of the daughters illegible.
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3. 242
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Akragantes
- ^ Pindar, Odes Olympian, V
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, V.55
- ^ Callimachus, Hymn III to Artemis, 12
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.155
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 38. 7
- ^ Suidas s. v. Euphorion
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Suidas s. v. Hippeia Athena
- ^ Theoi Project - Polyphe
- ^ Hesiod; Theogony, 334
- ^ Pseudo-Plutarch, On Rivers
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