Oceanid
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanides (Ὠκεανίδες Ôkeanídes, plural of Ὠκεανίς Ôkeanís) were nymphs daughters of Oceanus and Thetis. Each of them was associated with a fountain, a pond, a river or a lake; but they were always freshwater streams. They were sisters of the Oceanids (or Potamoi), river gods and tributaries of the Ocean River. The nymphs auras, nephelas and limnatids are sometimes part of the oceanids. At least it is considered that the oldest oceanid of all was Éstige, and after her Neda. Idia appears to be the youngest of her sisters, if it is not true that Artemis's nymphs are the youngest of her race. There is no fixed tradition to cite the names of the oceanids. Sometimes they are eponymous nymphs (Europe, Libya or Asia), ancient pre-Olympian queens (Dione, Metis or Eurynome), personified abstractions (Tique, Peito or Nemesis), or they coincide with the names of the Nereids (Clímene, Toa or Doris).. The daughter of a river god or an oceanid nymph almost always belongs to the naiads.
Oceanides catalogues
In his Theogony, Hesiod clearly says that «there are three thousand oceanids with slender ankles that, widely distributed, equally guard the earth on all sides»; however, he names only the oldest 41:
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In the Homeric Hymns we are told that these nymphs were Persephone's playmates until her abduction:
"All of us, in a lovely meadow (Leucipe, Feno, Electra, Yanta, Mélite, Yaque, Rodia, Calírroe, Melóbosis, Tique, as well as Ocírroe, of soft flower complexion, Criseida, Yanira, Acasta, Admete, Rhodope, Pluto, the gracious battle Calipso, Éstige But the earth opened from the deepest and out there was the mighty one that many welcome.""Homeric hymn" to Deméter 415 and sss
Calimachus clarifies that Artemis asked her father Zeus for "a choir of up to sixty oceaninas, all nine years old"; these serve you voluntarily:
"The Ismenid Crócale collects his hair around his neck in a bow, although she carried them loose. Néfele, Híale, Ránide, Psecade and Fíale take water in large containers and pour it on it."Calímaco: "himno III, artemis" vv 168 and ss
List of oceanids
These are, in alphabetical order of their names in Spanish, all the daughters of Oceanus that have come down to us through literature. The vast majority of them have Tetis as their mother, but there are cases in which Other consorts are cited (such as Gaia, Parténope or Ponfólige) or no affiliation is directly mentioned.
| Oceanide | Particularities |
|---|---|
| Acasta | »καστη, “untable” |
| Admete | »δμεη, «indomable or virgin» |
| Adrastea | deδράστεια, nodriza de Zeus |
| Altea | Nodriza de Zeus |
| Amaltea | Nodriza de Zeus |
| Amphibious | ¢μφιρω, «which envelops in currents» |
| Anphitrite | Usually considered nereide and not oceanide. |
| Argy | Mother of Forum and Io |
| Asia | Eponymous and wife of Jápeto |
| Asterodea | Mother of Apsirto, just the same as Idy |
| Astérope | sστεροπη, mother of Acragas, eponome of several ancient cities known as Acragas, possibly including Acragas, Sicily |
| Béroe | ,ερόη, eposima de una ciudad en Fenicia |
| Cafira | Nodriza de Poseidon and identified with Halia |
| Calipso | «The Hidden One», most common as daughter of Atlantean |
| Calírroe | «The one of fair currents», mother of Gerion by Crisaor |
| Camarina | Eponymous of Camarina |
| Cerceis or Cerceide | -- |
| Cariclo | Quiron's wife is cited as the daughter of Ocean among other affiliations. His mother is not mentioned. |
| Ceto | Mother of Astris by Helios |
| Clímene | «The Celebration», wife of Jápeto and lover of Helios |
| Clío | Nothing to do with the homonymous muse |
| Clitia | «The illustrious», which was converted into heliotrope |
| Corife | Possible mother of Athena |
| Creussa | Daughter of Gea and Ocean for Píndaro. |
| Criseis or Criseida | Criseis or Criseida (addρυση,ς, «golden») |
| Catch him. | « Coast or shore», one of the sixty youngest oceanids, Artemisa servers |
| Daira | Mother of Eleusis with Hermes |
| Dione | Homerical Mother of Aphrodite |
| Dodona | Ninfa oracular eponymous |
| Doris | «The one who gives away», woman of the marine god Nereo and mother of the fifty nereides |
| Éfira | Eponymous of Corinth |
| Electra | “The one of the amber”, Taumante’s wife, Iris’ mother and Harpiah |
| Éstige o Estigia | Oceanide of the Stigia River flowing nine times around Hades |
| Estilbo | The same as Estilbe |
| Etna | Epónima |
| Etra | Atlantean, just the same as Pléyone. |
| Eudora | Eudora (Ε)δερη (“the one who grants prosperity”) |
| Eurínome | «La de vasto prado», mother of thanks |
| Europe | Ε,ρεη, epónima |
| Evagoreis or Evagoreide | -- |
| Feno | -- |
| Fíale | «Water dish», one of the sixty youngest oceanids, Artemisa servers |
| Fílira | Mother of Chiron by Crono |
| Galaxaura | «Water like milk» |
| Hesione | Prometheus Spouse |
| Híale | «Cristal», one of the sixty youngest oceanids, servants of Artemisa |
| Hi. | «The Horse» |
| Ida | Nodriza de Zeus |
| I was | «The Expert», wife of Eetes and mother of Medea |
| Janta | φανθς, «the blonde» |
| Leuce | The nymph of the underworld loved by Hades |
| Leucipe | "White mare" |
| Libya | Epónima |
| Melia | Inaco and Mother of Forum |
| Melibea | Pelasgo and Mother of Lycaon |
| Mélite | «Melosa» |
| Melobosis | «Let the cattle feed» |
| I'm lying. | -- |
| Menipe | -- |
| Merope | Mother of Faeton, according to a version |
| Metis | «Wisdom», first wife of Zeus and mother of Athena |
| Mopsopia | Epónima |
| Neda | Nodriza de Zeus |
| Neera | -- |
| Néfele | NOεφ Muerteλη, «nube», one of the sixty youngest oceanides, servants of Artemisa |
| Némesis | CONFUS μεσις, personification of divine punishment and more common as daughter of the Night |
| Ocírroe | From "fast current" |
| Pasífae | κασιφά Cristian, "splendorous", does not confuse with the wife of Minos. |
| Pasítoe or Pisitoa | «Quick in persuading» |
| Peito or Pito | “Persuasion” or “persuasive” |
| Peribea | κερβοια, «rodeada de Gana», mother of Aura with Lelanto. |
| Perseis or Perse | Mother of Circe, Eetes and Pasifae with Helios |
| Petrea | «Rocosa» |
| Plexaura | "Let the water strike" |
| Pléyone | ・λιόιν Cristian or κλειόνη, mother of the Pleiades with Atlante. |
| Pluto | «The wealth», implicitly mother of Tango |
| Polidora | «Of many gifts», κολυδρ) (attic) or κολυδρ Cristian (jónico) |
| Pólife | In a rare version, mother of Athena with Poseidon. |
| Polixo | -- |
| Primno | «The one born at the foot of the mountains» |
| Pronea | Mother of Deucalion according to Catalogue of women; lSame as Hesione |
| Psécade | «Dub of rain», one of the sixty youngest oceanids, Artemisa servers |
| Ránide | « Rainfall Fall», one of the sixty youngest oceanids, Artemisa servers |
| Rodea o Rodia | «The Rose» |
| Ródope | -- |
| Telesto | Τελεστ, “logro” or “perfect” |
| Tique | «Suerte», also as personification of the Fortune |
| Toa | The «rapid» |
| Trace | Eponymous, daughter of such a Parthenope |
| Urania | «The heavenly», nothing to do with the muse homonym |
| Yanira | -- |
| Yanta or Iante | ,νάθη, "la violácea" |
| Whether or not | -- |
| Zeuxo | "the one who unites" |
Other oceans
- In the Catalogue of women We are told that Helena is the daughter of Zeus and an unnominated oceanide.
- In the homerical texts we are told that Ocean is the father of the gods and is also his daughter then Tetis, implicitly.
- The Mermaids are also daughters of Ocean and Gea, according to a source.
- The text of Higino (Fables) is corrupt in some parts, and it does not distinguish well the name of some oceanids: *Yea or *Hestiea; *Liris, *Clitemneste, *Tesquineno.
- Some Zeus ninphas in Pausanias may be associated as oceanids, but not specified in the text.