The Oceanids are the three thousand daughters of the Greek Titans Oceanus and Tethys.

DescriptionEdit

Each was the patroness of a particular spring, lake, river, sea, pond, pasture, flower, or cloud. Some of them were closely associated with the Titans such as Calypso, Clymene, Asia, and Electra or personified abstract concepts like Tyche or Peitho.

One of these many daughters was also said to have been the consort of the sea god Poseidon, typically named as Amphitrite. More often, however, she is called a Nereid.

Oceanus and Tethys also had 3,000 sons, the river-gods Potamoi (Ποταμοί). Whereas most sources limit the term Oceanids or Oceanides to the daughters, others include both the sons and daughters under this term.

Notable Oceanids include Asia and Philyra.

DaughtersEdit

The following are a few of the 3,000 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.

1. Acaste
2. Admete
3. Aethra
4. Amaltheia
5. Amphiro
6. Amphitrite– usually counted as a Nererid rather than an Oceanid
7. Anchiroe
8. Anthracia- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
9. Argia
10. Asia– nymph of the Asian region, sister to Europe
11. Asterodia
12. Beroe
13. Bolbe
14. Cleodora
15. Callirrhoe
16. Camarina
17. Capheira
18. Cerceis
19. Keto
20. Chryseis
21. Clio- not to be confused with the Muse Clio
22. Clymene - wife of Iapetus
23. Clytie or Clytia
24. Crocale- one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
25. Daira
26. Dione
27. Dodone
28. Doris– wife of the sea god Nereus, mother of the fifty Nereides
29. Eidyia or Idyia- wife of Aeetes, mother of Medea
30. Thaumas, mother of Iris, Arke and the Harpies
31. Ephyra
32. Euagoreis
33. Eudore
34. Europa
35. Eurynome
36. Galaxaure
37. Glauke- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
38. Hagno- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
39. Hesione- wife of Prometheus
40. Hippo
41. Hyale- one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
42. Iakhe
43. Ianira
44. Ianthe- nymph of violet rain clouds or violet flowers
45. Ithome- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
46. lethe- nymph who resided by the river Lethe in the underworld
47. Leucippe
48. Lysithea
49. Melia
50. Meliboea
51. Melite
52. Melobosis
53. Menestho
54. Merope
55. Metis- goddess of wisdom, first spouse of Zeus
56. Myrtoessa- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
57. Nede- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
58. Nemesis (according to some myths)
59. Nephele- one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
60. Ocyrrhoe
61. Oinoe- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
62. Ozomene- in one source, this name substitutes for Electra
63. Pasithoe
64. Peitho
65. Periboea
66. Perse or Perseis
67. Petraea
68. Phaino
69. Phiale- one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
70. Philyra- mother of Chiron by Kronos
71. Phrixa- one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
72. Pleione– mother of the Pleiades by Atlas
73. Plexaure
74. Plouto or Pluto- mother of Tantalus by Zeus
75. Polydora
76. Polyphe- in a rare version, mother of Athena by Poseidon
77. Pronoia
78. Prymno
79. Psekas - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
80. Rhanis - one of the sixty younger Oceanids, attendants of Artemis
81. Rhode or Rhodia
82. Rhodope
83. Stilbo
84. Styx– Oceanid of the River Styx that flowed nine times around Hades; an exceptionally female river goddess
85. Telesto
86. Theisoa - one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus
87. Thoe
88. Tyche
89. Urania- not to be confused with the Muse Urania
90. Xanthe
91. Zeuxo

TriviaEdit

• They are called Oceanids, as their father is Oceanus.
• They are the 3,000 nymphs presiding over sources of fresh water, both heavenly (rain, moist breezes,...) and earthly (rivers, seas, springs,...).
• Some of them were also Aurae, Nephelae, and Elder Naiads.
• Their brothers, the 3,000 Potamoi were, like their sisters, also known as Oceanids, raising their number to 6,000. The Potamoi spawned a host of younger Naiads, the mothers of these young water spirits was sometimes said to be the Elder Naiads and thus the sisters of the Potamoi.
• The eldest among them were numbered among the Titans: Styx, Dione, Neda, Metis, Klymene, Eurynome, Doris, Elektra, and Pleione.
• Some of the Oceanids personified divine blessings, such as Metis (Wisdom), Klymene (Fame), Plouto (Wealth), Tyche (Good Fortune), Telesto (Success), and Peitho (Persuasion). The goddess Nemesis (Distributor) was also sometimes included, as one who provided balance to her sister's gifts by punishing undeserved good fortune. These Good Spirits (daimones agathoi) were ephemeral in nature much like the dark children of Nyx, the Spirits of Harm (daimones kakoi).

See Also Edit

• Oceanus
• Poseidon
• Tyche
• Amphitrite