Oceanid

The Oceanides (Ὠκεανίδες, Ὠκεανῖναι) are the three thousand daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Their brothers are the potamoi, the river gods, who also number three thousand. Each Oceanid presided over a sea, river, lake, pond, or other body of water, as well as clouds.

Some well-known Oceanides are: Asia, Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Metis, and Amphitrite (who, according to others1 is a Nereid). See also nymphs.

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References

Notes

  1. Hesiod. Theogony, 243. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 2.7.

Sources

  • Hesiod. Theogony, 243, 337, 346 ff.
  • Hyginus. Fabulae: Preface.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 2.2.