Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The ocean, which the Greeks and Romans regarded as a river circling the world. In Greek mythology it was personified as a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaia. In ancient Greek reliefs this Titan is often dipicted as having the upper body of a muscular man with a long beard and horns, and the lower torso of a serpant. He married his sister Tethys, and from them came the ocean nymphs, also known as the three-thousand Oceanids, and all the rivers of the world. Some scholars believe he originally represented all bodies of water, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the two largest bodies the ancient Greeks knew of. However, as geography became more accurate, Oceanus came to represent the stranger, more unknown waters of the Atlantic Ocean while Poseidon ruled over the Mediterranean. In most variations of the Titanamarchy Oceanus, along with Prometheus, and Themis, did not take the side of the Titans against the Olympians, but instead withdrew from the conflict. In most variations of this myth Oceanus also did not side with Cronus in his revolt against Uranus. Consorts/Children With Gaia Creusa Spercheus With Tethys Achelous Acheron Alpheus Amaltheia Amphitrite Asia Asopus Callirhoe Catillus Cebren Cephissus Circe Clitunno (Roman mythology) Clymene Crinisus Dione Doris Electra Enipeus Eurynome Inachus Lysithea Melia Meliboea Merope Nilus Peneus Perse Philyra Pleione Rhode Scamander Telesto Tiberinus (Roman mythology) Tibertus (Roman mythology) Tyche Volturnus (Roman mythology) Unknown Mother Nemesis This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.