Oceanus
Meanings
name
- Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.
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