Oceanid

In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. One of these many daughters was also said to have been the wife of the god Poseidon, typically named as Amphitrite. Each of these nymphs was the patroness of a particular spring, river, ocean, lake, pond, pasture, flower or cloud. Oceanus and Tethys also had 3000 sons, the river-gods (Potamoi). Whereas most sources limit the term Oceanids or Oceaniades to the daughters, others include both the sons and daughters under this term.^[1]

List of Oceanids^[2][3][4]

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1. Acaste
2. Admete
3. Aethra
4. Amaltheia
5. Amphiro
6. Amphitrite - Usually counted as a goddess of the sea
7. Argia
8. Asia or Clymene - Nymph of the Asian region, sister to Europe
9. Beroe
10. Kleodora
11. Bolbe
12. Callirrhoe
13. Calypso
14. Caphira
15. Cerceis
16. Ceto
17. Chryseis
18. Clio
19. Clymene
20. Clytie or Clytia
21. Daira
22. Dione
23. Doris - Oceanid of "pure water", wife of the sea god Nereus.
24. Eidyia or Idyia
25. Electra
26. Ephyra
27. Eudore
28. Europa
29. Eurynome
30. Galaxaure
31. Hippo
32. Ianira
33. Ianthe - Nymph of violet rain clouds or violet flowers
34. Leucippe
35. Lysithea
36. Melia
37. Meliboea
38. Menestho
39. Merope
40. Metis - Goddess of wisdom, first spouse of Zeus
41. Nemesis
42. Ocyrrhoe
43. Pasithoe
44. Peitho
45. Periboea
46. Perse or Perseis
47. Petraea
48. Philyra
49. Pleione - Mother of the Pleiades by Atlas
50. Plouto or Pluto - Mother of Tantalus
51. Polydora
52. Prymno
53. Rhode or Rhodia
54. Styx - Oceanid of the river Styx that flowed nine times around Hades the only female river spirit
55. Telesto
56. Thoe
57. Tyche
58. Urania
59. Zeuxo

Others: the text by Hyginus (Fabulae) is corrupted in places, making the names of a few of the Oceanids uncertain: *yaea; *lyris, *clintenneste.^[5]

List of River-gods^[6][7]

1. Achelous
2. Acheron
3. Aeas
4. Aegaeus
5. Aesepus
6. Almo
7. Alpheus
8. Amphrysos
9. Apidanus
10. Ardescus
11. Asopus
12. Asterion
13. Axius
14. Caicus
15. Cayster
16. Cebren
17. Cephissus
18. Chremetes
19. Cladeus or Kladeos
20. Clitunno (Roman mythology)
21. Cocytus
22. Cratais
23. Crinisus
24. Cydnos
25. Enipeus
26. Erasinus
27. Eridanus
28. Euphrates
29. Evenus
30. Granicus
31. Haliacmon
32. Heptaporus
33. Hermus
34. Inachus
35. Istrus or Ister
36. Ladon
37. Meander
38. Mincius
39. Nessus
40. Nilus
41. Numicius
42. Nymphaeus
43. Pactolus
44. Parthenius
45. Phasis
46. Peneus
47. Rhesus
48. Rhine
49. Rhodius
50. Sangarius
51. Scamander
52. Simoeis
53. Sperchius
54. Strymon
55. Termessus
56. Tiberinus (Roman mythology)

References

1. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface [1]
2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 346; http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodTheogony.html
3. ^ Apollodorus, Library 1.2.2; [2]
4. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface [3]: Note that the text is corrupted in places, making the names of some of the daughters illegible.
5. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface [4]
6. ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 334; [5]
7. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface [6]

See also

• Mermaid
• Siren
• Nereid

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