θάλασσα [thalasa] (th as in theater, thesis)θάλαττα [thalata]ἅλς [als] (may also mean salt)πόντος [pontos]πέλαγος [pelaghos] (open /deep sea)ωκεανός [oceanos] is ocean
Poseidon was the god of the ocean/sea.
He was god of the sea; father of the most ancient sea gods.
The Greek world was spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Greeks lived in isolated communities.
The Greek word for sea is Thalasa and ocean is Okeanos
θάλασσα [thalasa] (th as in theater, thesis)θάλαττα [thalata]ἅλς [als] (may also mean salt)πόντος [pontos]πέλαγος [pelaghos] (open /deep sea)ωκεανός [oceanos] is ocean
The Erythraean Sea is an ancient name for the Indian Ocean or its attached gulfs, specifically, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
nicly by the sea
A gulf. The word is derived from the Old French word "golfe" and the Greek word "kolpos" meaning "bosom, gulf."
Pontus is a primordial sea god in Greek mythology, representing the vast and chaotic sea. He is the father of various sea deities and monsters, and is often associated with the concept of the sea as a powerful and unpredictable force in the ancient Greek pantheon.
God of the sea.
Ionia
Poseidon was the god of the ocean/sea.
The was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes
In ancient times, the Greek world was centered upon the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Greek explorers and traders ventured into the Black Sea, the Central Mediterranean, the Western Mediterranean, even what would become known (much later) as the Atlantic Ocean, among other bodies of water. The largest sea that would not have been on Greek maps would have been the Pacific Ocean, which was not generally known by Europeans (or Greeks) until the 16th century.
In the Greek, the word sea literally means sea, lake or body of water. It has no different meaning then the English.