Oceanus’s Family Tree

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Family

• Gaia(parent),Uranus(parent),Coeus(sibling),Crius(sibling),Hyperion(sibling),Iapetus(sibling),Kronos(sibling),Mnemosyne(sibling),Phoebe(sibling),Rhea(sibling),Tethys(sibling),Theia(sibling),Themis(sibling)— Consort

  Gaia and Uranus produced the twelve elder Titans — Kronos, Rhea, Oceanus, Tethys, Theia, Themis, Mnemosyne, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Phoebe — who ruled the cosmos during the Golden Age before the Olympians overthrew them.

• Tethys(spouse),Achelous(child),Clymene(child),Doris(child),Electra(child),Metis(child),Peneus(child),Perse(child),Philyra(child),Plouto(child),Styx(child),Tyche(child)— Marriage

  Oceanus and Tethys produced the three thousand Oceanids and river gods, including Styx, Electra, Clymene, Doris, Metis, Tyche, Perse, Plouto, Philyra, Peneus, and Achelous.

• Acheron(child)

  Acheron is a son of Oceanus, cast into the underworld by Zeus for aiding the Titans during the Titanomachy.

  ⚠ The identification of Acheron as a son of Oceanus appears in some later traditions. Other accounts treat Acheron purely as a geographical feature of the underworld without personal genealogy.

Member of

• Titans

  The elder gods who ruled during the Golden Age before being overthrown by the Olympians, including the twelve first-generation Titans born to Ouranos and Gaia and second-generation members Pallas and Perses.

Associated with

• Hera,Rhea,Tethys

  According to Homer's Iliad, Rhea sent Hera to be raised by Oceanus and Tethys during the Titans' reign, keeping her daughter safe at the edges of the world while Kronos ruled.

• Callisto,Tethys

  After Callisto was catasterized as Ursa Major, Hera appealed to Oceanus and Tethys never to let the Bear bathe in their waters, explaining why the constellation never sets below the horizon.

• Elysium

  Homer places the Elysian Fields at the western edge of the earth by the stream of Oceanus, outside the Underworld proper, where the gentle west wind refreshes its inhabitants.

• Prometheus

  In Prometheus Bound, Oceanus visits the chained Prometheus offering to intercede with Zeus on his behalf. Prometheus refuses, warning Oceanus that advocating for him would only bring Zeus's wrath upon the sea Titan.

• Tethys

  Tethys and her husband Oceanus together represented the cosmic waters that encircle and nourish the world. While Oceanus embodied the great world-river, Tethys personified water's maternal, life-giving quality.