Oceanus

This article is about the personification of the world-ocean in Greek myth. For other uses, see Oceanus (disambiguation).
"Okeanos" redirects here. For the NOAA research vessel, see NOAAS Okeanos Explorer.
Oceanus
Member of the Titans
Head of Oceanus from Tivoli's second century Hadrian's Villa, Vatican Museum
Other namesOgen or Ogenus
Genealogy
ParentsUranus and Gaia
Siblings
  • Briareus
  • Cottus
  • Gyges
Other siblings
ConsortTethys
OffspringMany river gods including:
Achelous, Alpheus, and Scamander

Many Oceanids including:

Callirhoe, Clymene, Eurynome, Doris, Idyia, Metis, Perseis, Styx, and Theia

In Greek mythology, Oceanus or Okeanos was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), the brother and husband of the Titaness Tethys, and the father of the river gods and the Oceanids, as well as being the great river which encircled the entire world.


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