Thetis was the daughter of Nereus and Doris. He hated his children and didn’t want to allow them to see the light of day. It was slain by Perseus. to C1st A.D.) :Virgil, Georgics 3. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) 469F) (trans.
Cetea were sea monsters. Godley) (Greek historian C5th B.C.) Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.)
:Aratus, Phaenomena 566 ff (trans. Seaton) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) The corpus of Greek Mythology is immerse and we would need several volumes of books to cover most of the stories. :Eumelus of Corinth or Arctinus of Miletus, Titanomachia Fragment 7 (from Athenaeus 11.
Fairclough) (Roman epic C1st B.C.) Read about each sea god in Ancient Greek mythology and their connections to the Oceanides, the Mermaids, the sea nymphs and the sea god called Proteus who was referred to as the "Old Man of the Sea". The Castration of Uranus. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) Dracaenae :Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesias of Aegina, Cypria Fragment 21 (from Herodian, One Peculiar Diction) (trans. 484) :Euripides, Hippotyus 742 ff (trans. 480 (trans. :Aelian, On Animals 3. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :Homer, Odyssey 24. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. :Homeric Hymn 31 to Helius (trans. 190 ff (trans. (trans. 10 ff (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis 40 ff (trans. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st A.D.) :Nonnus, Dionysiaca 2. The Greek mythology is a sum of fables told by the ancient Greeks to explain the existence of the world, some natural phenomena or just for pleasure, to intrigue the imagination of people. 247 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) :Philostratus the Younger, Imagines 10 (trans. 200 ff (trans. :Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 2. Within it was divided into two equal hemispheres by the flat earth. Most of these Ancient Greek myths survive till our days because they have been included in the works of famous ancient writers and historians. Campbell, Vol.
Cetea were usually depicted as serpentine fish with long rows of sharp teeth.
:Seneca, Hercules Furens 24 ff (trans. :Strabo, Geography 3. 352 ff (trans. The sons of Oceanus were the Potamoi, the Greek river gods, whilst the daughters of Oceanus were the Oceanids, the freshwater nymphs of lakes, pools, ponds, springs and rainclouds. The main river of Hyperborea was the Eridanos which flowed directly from the waters of Okeanos.The dark-skinned Aithiopes (Ethiopians) were a virtuous people who lived on the southern shores of the River Okeanos--from the farthest south-east to the farthest south-west. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) Vellacott) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.)
284 & 259) :Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 136 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) :Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1. Greek Mythology has left us an invaluable heritage of tales with envious gods, courageous heroes, epic adventures and stories of vengeance and love. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. As Oceanus had not gone against the will of Zeus though, Oceanus was left to rule his own kingdom beyond the Pillars of Heracles, whilst Poseidon became the ruler of the Mediterranean, although the Potamoi and Oceanids were considered subservient to the Olympian god. It was the source of all of the earth's fresh-water--from the rivers and springs which drew their waters from it through subterranean aquifers to the clouds which dipped below the horizon to collect their moisture from its stream. :Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.
Late classical writers identified the mythic land with the Barbary coast of North Africa in the vicinity of Mount Atlas or alternatively with the region of Lake Tritonis in Libya.The Hyperboreans were a blessed race sacred to the god Apollon who lived in a land of eternal spring beyond the northernmost mountains.
565 ff (trans. :Stesichorus, Geryoneis Fragment S17 (from Athenaeus, Scholars at Dinner) (trans. :Herodotus, Histories 4. Together the sky dome and Tartarean pit formed a great sphere--or egg-shaped ovoid--which enclosed the entire cosmos.
503 ff (trans. 349 ff (trans. Some also tell of how Oceanus advised his daughter Styx, that she should side with Zeus during the war, and as a result Styx was famously the first to ally with the cause of Zeus., and possibly Demeter and Hestia too, were placed in the care of Oceanus, living there until the fighting ended.
:Stesichorus, Fragment S17 (from Athenaeus, Scholars at Dinner) (trans.