Persephone was playing in a flowery meadow with the Okeanides when Haides abducted her to the Underworld. [1.1] OKEANOS & TETHYS (Hesiod Theogony 346, Aeschylus Prometheus 136, Apollodorus 1.8, Hyginus Preface Nonnus Dionysiaca 38.108) The Oceanids were the 3,000 daughters of Oceanus, the Titan god of the earth encircling river, and his wife, the Titanide Tethys. ASTEROPE The "starry-eyed" was an Okeanis loved by Zeus. The swift-coursing breezes (aurai) bore me on; for the reverberation of the clang of iron pierced the depths of our caves and drove my grave modesty away in fright; unsandalled I have hastened in a winged car. They were the nymphs of the great ocean. [11] According to Hesiod, who described them as "neat-ankled daughters of Ocean ... children who are glorious among goddesses", they are "a holy company of daughters who with the lord Apollo and the Rivers have youths in their keeping—to this charge Zeus appointed them". the countless loves of the gods." Nymph, in Greek mythology, any of a large class of inferior female divinities. "The deep-bosomed daughters of Okeanos (Oceanus) . Meanings of minor planet names: 1–500; Brygos Painter; Zeuxo (disambiguation) Note (She was usually numbered amongst the Nereides rather than Okeanides). . She was on the attendant Nymphs of Artemis. 110 (trans. "[Chorus of Okeanides :] Nor may I be slow to approach the gods, with holy sacrifices of oxen slain, by the side of the ceaseless stream of Okeanos (Oceanus), my father; and may I not offend [Zeus] in speech; but may this rule abide in my heart and never fade away. "Prometheus [who has just been chained to a mountain crag] : Ha! O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th to 4th B.C.) PHAINO (Phaeno) The Okeanis "appearing" or "shining" was perhaps the Nephele of the appearance of cloud, or the Naias of a bright spring. PETRAIE The Okeanis "of the rocks" or "stone-grey" was probably the Naias of a rocky spring, or Nephele of dark grey clouds. The eldest among them were numbered among the Titanides (female Titans)--Styx, Dione, Neda, Metis, Klymene, Eurynome, Doris, Elektra, and Pleione. Some of the names given are adjectives which Hyginus has mistaken for Oceanides. [6] . Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 631 ff (trans. . . In Greek and Roman mythology, Oceanids were the 3000 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys that "was the patroness of a particular spring, river, ocean, lake, pond, pasture, flower or cloud" List of some Oceanids: Acaste Admete Aethra Amaltheia Amphiro Amphitrite - Usually counted as a goddess of the sea Argia Asia or Clymene - Nymph… [1.3] ASIA, STYX, ELEKTRA, DORIS, EURYNOME, AMPHITRITE, METIS, EIDYIA, MELIA, MELIBOEA, PLEIONE, KALLIRRHOE (Apollodorus 1.8, 1.6, 1.13, 1.29, 2.1, 2.106, 3.96, 3.110) Okeanides] danced around; in a watery bridal-bower the fruitful maiden was wedded in a flaming union, and received the hot bridegroom into her cool arms . . The sister and wife of Oceanus is Tethys. MELIBOIA (2) (Meliboea) An Okeanis loved by the Syrian River-God Orontes. Her name appears in Hesiod's catalogue of Oceanid names; no other literary mention of her survives. They were all daughters of the great, earth-encircling, fresh-water stream Okeanos (Oceanus) and his wife Tethys. MELOBOSIS The Okeanis "food of fruit" or "sheep-feeder" was probably one of the Epimelides, Nymphai of grassy pastures or fruit trees. She was transformed into the white poplar tree of the blessed Elysian Fields. In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was the wife of the Titan Ophion. She was an attendant of the goddess Aphrodite. [17] Electra was the wife of the sea god Thaumas and the mother of Iris and the Harpies. The term Asia was first applied by the ancient Greeks to the region of Anatolia (modern Turkey) rather than the entire continental mass. They are Peitho, Admete, Ianthe and Elektra, Doris and Prymno and Ourania like a goddess, Hippo and Klymene, Rhodeia and Kallirhoe, Zeuxo and Klytia, and Idyia and Pasithoe, Plexaura and Galaxaura and lovely Dione, Melobosis and Thoe, and Polydora the shapely, Kerkeis of the lovely stature, and ox-eyed Plouto, Xanthe and Akaste, Perseis and Ianeira, Petraie the lovely, and Menestho, and Europa, Metis and Eurynome, Telesto robed in saffron, Khryseis, and Asia, and alluring Kalypso, Eudora and Tykhe, and Amphiro and Okyroe, and Styx, who among them all has the greatest eminence. Electra was the name given to one of the Oceanids, the nymph daughters of Oceanus. [7] The Oceanid Doris, like her mother Tethys, was an important sea-goddess. TYKHE (Tyche) The Okeanis goddess of fortune or chance was probably one of the heavenly Nephelai. KHARIKLO (Chariclo) A Okeanis Nymphe of Mount Pelion in Thessalia. [The Daughters of Okeanos enter on a winged car, perhaps representing the clouds.] She [Tethys] brought forth also a race apart of daughters [the Okeanides (Oceanids)], who with lord Apollon and the Rivers have the young in their keeping all over the earth, since this right from Zeus is given them. Larson, Jennifer, "Greek Nymphs : Myth, Cult, Lore", Oxford University Press (US). Her sisters sang the hymn at the wedding. In cold rejoicing, and to cattle kind, sportive, through ocean wandering unconfined. With him I am content to suffer any fate; for I have learned to detest traitors, and there is no pest I abhor more than this. She may have been the same as Klymene 2. The Oceanids (Oh-she-ann-id) in Greek Mythology, and eventually Roman Mythology,too, were the 3,000 daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. MELIA (2) An Okeanis named "honey-sweet" who was loved by the god Apollon. Several of the names of Oceanids were also among the names given to the Nereids. ASIA The Okeanis Nymphe of the region of Asia (or rather Anatolian peninsular). . : Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 631 ff (trans. [12], Like Metis, the Oceanids also functioned as the wives (or lovers) of many gods, and the mothers, by these gods, of many other gods and goddesses. [N.B. THE OCEANID ELECTRA IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) She was one of the Nephelai attendants of the goddess Artemis. MEROPE The Okeanis "with face turned" was the mother of Phaethon by the god Helios. TELESTO The Okeanis goddess of success and accomplishment. The Naias-Okeanides (Naiads) were primarily nymphs of springs, wells and fountains. Theoi Project © Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand, (Hesiod Theogony 346, Aeschylus Prometheus 136, Apollodorus 1.8, Hyginus Preface Nonnus Dionysiaca 38.108), (Apollodorus 1.8, 1.6, 1.13, 1.29, 2.1, 2.106, 3.96, 3.110). XANTHE The Okeanis "yellow" or "yellow-brown" was probably either a Naias of a muddy flowing stream, or the Nephele of the yellowed clouds of dawn and dusk. Alas! Chorus [of Okeanides] : Use some other strain and urge me to some other course in which you are likely to convince me. O•ce•a•nid [[t]oʊˈsi ə nɪd[/t]] n. pl. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) AKASTE (Acaste) An Okeanis whose name means "unstable" or "irregular". In Ancient Greek mythology, the change of the seasons is believed to be directly related to Persephone’s kidnapping by Hades, and the subsequent search for her by Demeter. : "She [Tethys] brought forth also a race apart of daughters . . EUROPE (Europa) The Okeanis Nymphe of the continent of Europe. Of these nymphs Clio, Beroe and Clymene and Ephyre were Okeanides, and possibly Opis and Deiopea as well. She may have been a Naias of a stream of Nephele of rain. ", Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 136 ff (trans. She may have been a Naias or Nephele Nymphe, in the sense of a yoked or tamed horse. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) . HAGNO The Okeanis "holy" was one of the nurses of the infant god Zeus. ELEKTRA (Electra) The Okeanis "amber" or "amber-coloured" was perhaps a goddess of sun-coloured clouds. A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page. : Fairclough) (Roman bucolic C1st B.C.) June 2001. of Ὠκεανίς, Ōkeanis) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. ", Aristophanes, Clouds 264 ff (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "To Atlas and Okeanos' (Oceanus') daughter Pleione were born, on Arkadian Kyllene (Arcadian Cyllene), seven daughters called the Pleiades, whose names are Alkyone (Alcyone), Merope, Kelaino (Celaeno), Elektra (Electra), Sterope, Taygete, and Maia." EPHYRA The Okeanis Nymphe of the town of Ephyra (Korinthos). She was the wife of the Titan Prometheus (forethought). An Okeanid is qualified as one of the 3,000 daughters who were the children of Okeanos and Tethys. : Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 115-285 (trans. Greco-Roman Antioch Floor Mosaic C3rd A.D. Greco-Roman Zeugma Floor Mosaic C2nd A.D. Other references not currently quoted here: Nonnos Dionysiaca 26.355 & 41.153 & 48.246. Her sister Doris presided over the Dorians. THOE The Okeanis "swift" might have been a Naias, Nephele or Aura Nymphe. ", Gift, Present (dôros), Pure Water (zôros). PLEIONE The Okeanis goddess of many (offspring) was the mother of the Pleiades by Atlas. : Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis 12 ff (trans. GALAXAURA The Okeanis Nymphe "milky breeze" was probably the Aura or Nephele of the mist-clearing breeze. Now these are the eldest of the daughters who were born to Tethys and Okeanos, but there are many others beside these, for there are three thousand light-stepping daughters of Okeanos scattered far and wide, bright children among the goddesses, and all alike look after the earth and the depths of the standing water. "[Artemis addresses Zeus :] ‘And give me sixty Okeanines (daughters of Okeanos) [Oceanids] for my choir--all nine years old, all maidens yet ungirdled.’", Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis 40 ff : Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) "Loudbooming Okeanos (Oceanus), girdled with the circle of the sky, who leads his water earth-encompassing round the turning point which he bathes, was joined in primeval wedlock with Tethys. She was probably the Naias of the town fountain or well. The water bride-groom begat Klymene (Clymene), fairest of the Neiades [Okeanides (Oceanids)], whom Tethys nursed on her wet breast, her youngest, a maiden with lovely arms . Some also specifically say that Electra was a Nephelae, a cloud and rain … Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Pseudo-Hyginus, Preface (trans. DIONE The Okeanis Nymphe "heavenly" or "divine" was a goddess of the oracle of Dodona in Thesprotia. ZEUXO An Okeanis named "the yoked" was probably a goddess of marriage, brides being yoked in marriage. Prometheus : Alas! The Oceanids, in Greek Mythology, are the innumerable 3,000 daughters of the Titan God of the Ocean, Oceanus and the Titan Goddess of Fresh Water, Tethys. [8] While their brothers, the Potamoi, were the usual personifications of major rivers, Styx (according to Hesiod the eldest and most important Oceanid) was also the personification of a major river, the underworld's river Styx. OKYRHOE (Ocyrhoe) The Okeanis "swift-flowing" was either a Naias of fast flowing spring, or Nephele of falling rain. Pseudo-Hyginu… For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws, displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) 334 ff (trans. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. But, at all events, may you [the Okeanides (Oceanids)] who sympathize with his anguish, withdraw in haste from this spot so that the relentless roar of the thunder [from Zeus] does not stun your senses. Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. She was probably the Naias of a sweet-water spring, perhaps the same as Melia 2 below. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 115-285 (trans. Sailors routinely honored and entreated the Oceanids, dedicating prayers, libations, and sacrifices to them. 334 ff (trans. Shewring) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) They are . Description. : "We came to the island of Aiaia (Aeaea); here Kirke (Circe) dwelt, a goddess with braided hair, with human speech and with strange powers; the magician Aeetes was her brother, and both were were the radiant sun-god's [Helios'] children; their mother was Perse, Okeanos' (Oceanus') daughter." Prometheus was married to Hesione, one of the Okeanides. As he [Phaethon son of Helios and Klymene] sprang from the childbed, the daughters of Okeanos cleansed him, Klymene's son, in his grandsire's waters, and wrapt him in swaddlings. O Nysiai [Nysiades], insane (manikoi), whom oaks delight, lovers of spring, Paionian virgins bright; with Bakkhos and with Deo [Demeter] hear my prayer, and to mankind abundant favour bear; propitious listen to your suppliant's voice, come, and benignant in these rites rejoice; give plenteous seasons and sufficient wealth, and pour in lasting streams, continued health.". You shall learn in truthful speech all that you would like to know. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) [22] They were also the companions of Persephone when she was abducted by Hades. STYX The Okeanis goddess of the Arkadian River Styx. She was "the hated", whose dark streams symbolised poisoned waters. [As the thunder begins to roar, the Okeanides heed the warning and depart.]". METIS The Okeanis goddess of wisdom and good-counsel. NEPHELE (2) A Nymphe formed by Zeus in the shape of Hera out of the clouds. " [The chorus of Okeanides (Oceanids) address Prometheus :] This song, which, about your [Prometheus'] bridal bed and bath, I raised to grace your marriage, when you wooed with gifts and won my sister [the Okeanis] Hesione to be your wedded wife.". American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) While some were important figures, most were not. . Hesione was also known as Pronoia. LEUKIPPE (Leucippe) The Okeanis "White-Horse" was probably the Nephele or Aura of fast moving clouds, or the Naias of a frothy white spring or mountain stream. . She was transformed into a linden tree (philyre). . O•ce•a•nids, O•ce•an•i•des [[t]ˌoʊ siˈæn ɪˌdiz[/t]] myt any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph • Etymology: < Gk Ōkeanídes daughters of Oceanus 108 ff (trans. They were all Nymphs of the sea, and though these Nymphs lived for a very long time, they were never considered immortal. RHODEIA The Okeanis named "of the roses" or "rose-coloured" was either an Anthousa flower-nymphe, Naias of a rose-draped spring, or Nephele of the rose-tinged clouds of dawn. Fairclough) (Roman bucolic C1st B.C.) PHILYRE (Philyra) An Okeanis who was the mother of the kentauros Kheiron (centaur Chiron) by Kronos (Cronus). : Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 136 ff (trans. . Some of the eldest of these daughters were marked among the Titans, some such as Doris became transformed into Goddesses. In the late classical era the mythical, earth-encircling, fresh-water river Okeanos was increasily equated with the briny Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and his nymph-daughters reimagined as marine deities. AMPHIRO An Okeanis named "the surrounding flow". And the River Kairatos (Caeratus) was glad exceedingly, and glad was Tethys that they were sending their daughters to be handmaidens to the daughter of Leto.". ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 38. Of West Asia (region) ASIE (Asia) was an Oceanid-nymph of Lydia in Anatolia (West Asia) and the wife of the Titan Prometheus. In Greek mythology the Nymphai Artemisiai were a band of sixty young Okeanid-nymphs in the train of the goddess Artemis. were playing in a lovely meadow, Leukippe and Phaino and Elektra and Ianthe, Melita also and Iakhe with Rhodea and Kallirhoe and Melobosis and Tykhe and Okyrhoe, fair as a flower, Khryseis, Ianeira, Akaste and Admete and Rhodope and Plouto and charming Kalypso; Styx too was there and Ourania and lovely Galaxaura. A nymph is a female spirit associated with a specific location or landform. [1], The Oceanids' father Oceanus was the great primordial world-encircling river, their mother Tethys was a sea goddess, and their brothers the Potamoi (also three thousand in number) were the personifications of the great rivers of the world. . Jean Sibelius wrote an orchestral tone poem called Aallottaret (The Oceanides) in 1914. 108 ff (trans. PLOUTO (Pluto) The Okeanis goddess of wealth was probably a Nephele of fertile rains, prospering the agricultural crop. She was raped by the criminal Ixion, and bore him the Kentauroi (Centaurs). BEROE The Okeanis Nymphe of the city of Beroe (Beruit) in Lebanon. : des (ō′sē-ăn′ĭ-dēz′) Greek Mythology Any of the ocean nymphs believed to be the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Oceanus was one of the major water gods of Greek mythology. . KLYTIA (Clytia) An Okeanis named "fame" or "renown" who fell in loved with the Sun-god Helios and was transformed into a sun-gazing heliotrope flower. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : to 2nd A.D.) : This article is about Greek mythological sea nymphs. Chorus [of Okeanides] : Not to unwilling ears have you made this appeal, Prometheus. "About her [Kyrene (Cyrene), a nymphe of the River Peneios (Peneus)] the Nymphae (Nymphs) were spinning fleeces of Miletus, dyed with rich glassy hue--Drymo and Xantho, Ligea and Phyllodoce, their shining tresses floating over snowy necks [probably four Naiads]; Nesaea and Spio, Thalia and Cymodoce [four Nereids]; Cydippe and golden-haired Lycorias--a maiden one, the other having but felt the first birth-throes; Clio and Beroe, her sister, daughters of Oceanus both, both arrayed in gold, and both in dappled hides [as huntresses]; Ephyre and Opis, and Asian Deiopea, and fleet Arethusa, her arrows laid aside at last. Idya is called the youngest among the OCEANIDS. noun plural Oceanids or Oceanides (ˌəʊsɪˈænɪˌdiːz) Greek myth any of the ocean nymphs born of Oceanus and Tethys Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William … : [21], As a group, the Oceanids form the chorus of the tragedy Prometheus Bound, coming up from their cave beneath the ground to console the chained Titan Prometheus. [25] Others appear to be geographical eponyms, such as Europa, Asia, Ephyra (Corinth), and Rhodos (Rhodes).[26]. PLEXAURE (Plexaura) The Okeanis of the "weaving breeze" was probably one of the Aurai. See also. : [13] Doris was the wife of the sea-god Nereus, and the mother of the fifty sea nymphs, the Nereids. . Grimal, s.v. . Admete was perhaps a goddess of unwedded maidens, her sister Zeuxo, representing the yoke of marriage. PERIBOIA (Periboea) The Okeanis "surrounded by cattle" was the wife of the Titan Lelantos. . ", Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 415 ff (trans. Her name is derived from the Greek word têthê, meaning nurse. [1.5] KLEIO, BEROE, KLYMENE, EPHYRA (Virgil Georgics 4.341). She was a sister of Europe and Asia. MENESTHO The Okeanis "swift-force" or "strong and fast" was probably the Naias of a full flowing stream, or the Aura of strongly blowing breezes. 139 ff (trans. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) In nymph. She may have been the Naias of a local spring or well, and was perhaps the same as the Okeanis Dione. Some of the Okeanides personified divine blessings such as Metis (Wisdom), Klymene (Fame), Plouto (Wealth), Tykhe (Good Fortune), Telesto (Success), and Peitho (Persuasion). Electra was an Oceanid, one of the 3000 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. But he in malice, has set his soul inflexibly and keeps in subjection the race [Titanes] sprung from Ouranos (Uranus); nor will he stop, until he has satiated his soul or another seizes his impregnable empire by some device of guile . . AMPHITRITE The Okeanis goddess of the sea. In Greek mythology, Acaste (/ ə ˈ k æ s t iː /; Ancient Greek: Ακαστη Akastê "unstable" or "irregular "; feminine form of Acastus) was one of the Oceanids, sea nymph daughters of … Who does not sympathize with your woes--save only Zeus? They were distinguished according to the sphere of nature with which they were connected. The goddess Nemesis was sometimes also included in their number as one who provided balance by punishing undeserved good fortune as might arise from her sister's gifts. For it is worthwhile to indulge in weeping and in wailing over evil fortunes when one is likely to win the tribute of a tear from the listener. She was apparently a goddess connected with the power of witchcraft. They are the sisters to the Potamoi. Homer, Odyssey 10. The Oreads ( oros, “mountain”) were nymphs of mountains and grottoes; the Napaeae ( nape, “dell”) and the Alseids ( alsos, “grove”) were nymphs of glens and…. LEUKE (Leuce) An Okeanis named "the white" who was loved by Haides god of the underworld. Siehe auch: Nereids and Tritons. AKASTE (Acaste) An Okeanis whose name means "unstable" or "irregular". She was the Naias of the Theban spring Ismene. She may have been the Naias of a covered or hidden spring or the Aura of invisible breezes. For the heart of Kronos' (Cronus') son [Zeus] is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable. Her name also means "destroyer" who probably was a goddess of the destructive power of witches. Another group of Okeanides were handmaidens of the Olympian goddesses, the most prominent of these were the sixty Okeanis companions of Artemis, Peitho the handmaiden of Aphrodite, and Klymene the handmaiden of Hera. : KHRYSEIS (Chryseis) The Okeanis "golden" or "golden-yellow" was probably either a Nephele of the golden-tinged clouds of sunset, or the Naias of a gold-producing mountain-spring. "[Persephone tells Demeter of her abduction :] ‘All we were playing in a lovely meadow, [the Okeanides (Oceanids)] Leukippe and Phaino and Elektra and Ianthe, Melita also and Iakhe with Rhodea and Kallirhoe and Melobosis and Tykhe and Okyrhoe, fair as a flower, Khryseis, Ianeira, Akaste and Admete and Rhodope and Plouto and charming Kalypso; Styx too was there and Ourania and lovely Galaxaura with Pallas [Athena] who rouses battles and Artemis delighting in arrows: we were playing and gathering sweet flowers in our hands, soft crocuses mingled with irises and hyacinths, and rose-blooms and lilies, marvellous to see, and the narcissus which the wide earth caused to grow yellow as a crocus.’", Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis 12 ff (trans. NEDA The Okeanis goddess of the Arkadian River Neda. Paestan Red Figure Vase Painting C4th B.C. Godchecker guide to Oceanids (also known as Oceanides), the Greek Spirits of the Sea from Greek mythology. Some infamous Oceanids include Amphitrite, the wife of Poseidon, Metis, who Zeus who made pregnant with the goddess Athena and then swallowed, and Doris, the mother of the 50 Nereids. She was either a spring Naias or rain-pouring Nephele. Each was the patroness of a particular spring, river, sea, lake, pond, pasture, flower or cloud. [10], The Oceanids were also responsible for keeping watch over the young. What may be this rustling stir of birds I hear again nearby? This page was last edited on 3 November 2020, at 21:18. She was a goddess of the Eleusinian Mysteries. PRYMNO The Okeanis "root" or "undermost" was probably the Naias Nymphe of groundwater, or the waters of a deep well. She may have represented the mingling of fresh-water with the brine of the sea. Some of the younger Okeanides (mostly Cloud Nymphs) joined Artemis' hunting party. . Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) Callirrhoe (Oceanid) For other uses, see Callirhoe (mythology). "Tethys bore to Okeanos (Oceanus) the swirling Potamoi (Rivers) . [Greek ōkeanis, ōkeanid-, from Ōkeanos, Oceanus.] Appeals to them were made to protect seafarers from storms and other nautical hazards. "[The Okeanides, (Oceanids)] offspring of fruitful (polyteknos) Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your father Okeanos (Oceanus). Akaste might also have been a gooddess of unpredictable behavior. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "From Atlas and Pleione [were born] : Maia, Calypso, Alcyone, Merope, Electra, Celaeno." Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) KALYPSO (Calypso) An Okeanis whose name means "hidden", "covered"or "veiled". She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. ADMETE An Okeanis whose name means "the unbroken" or "unwedded". . The lightfoot Horai (Horae, Seasons) acclaimed Klymene's bridal with Helios (the Sun) Phaesphoros (Lightbringer), the Nymphai Neides (Naiad Nymphs) [i.e. MELIBOIA (1) (Meliboea) The Okeanis "sweet-cattle" was the wife of the early Arkadian King Pelasgos. HIPPO The Okeanis Nymphe "horse" was the Naias of a stream or Aura of breezes - both winds and waters were often likened to horses. IANTHE The Okeanis of "violet flowers" or the colour "violet". Some were perhaps the names of actual springs, others merely poetic inventions. Who of the gods is so hard of heart as to exult in this? Oceanus was a powerful god of the Greek pantheon, and from him, ultimately, all of the world’s freshwater was said to arise. KETO (Ceto) The Okeanis "sea-monster" was a love of the god Helios. LIBYA The Okeanis Nymphe of the continent of Libya (Africa). 8 (trans. Alternatively she was the goddess of the Dorian-tribe of Greeks, just as her sister Ianeira presided over the Ionians. 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