Ocean

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

In The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae, fragments 61–80, Helen is described as a daughter of Ocean and Zeus. In The War of the Titans, Philyra is identified as Ocean’s daughter. In The Cercopes, Passalus and Acmon are named as sons of Theia and Ocean, and are said to have been turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.

Relationship record

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

• child: Helen “daughter of Ocean and Zeus.”

The War of the Titans

• child: Philyra “The author of the War of the Giants says that Cronos took the shape of a horse and lay with Philyra, the daughter of Ocean.”

The Cercopes

• child: Passalus “These Cercopes were sons of Theia and Ocean, and are said to have been turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.”
• child: Acmon “These Cercopes were sons of Theia and Ocean, and are said to have been turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.