Oceanus
Family: Greek mythology · Role: father of Nemesis · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 33
In Book 1, Oceanus is identified as the father of Nemesis and, according to one account, the father of Daira. In Book 2, Ephyre is named as his daughter.
By Book 4, Oceanus is described as the father of Fortune and other daughters, including Leucippe, Phæno, Electra, Ianthe, Melobosis, and Ocyroe. Book 8 adds accounts naming Styx and Eurynome as his daughters; in Book 9, Caanthus is identified as his son and the brother of Melia.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 33
- child: Nemesis “Oceanus was Nemesis’ father”
Book 1 · Chapter 38
- child: Daira “And the hero Eleusis, from whom the city gets its name, was according to some the son of Hermes and Daira the daughter of Oceanus, others make him the son of Ogygus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 1
- child: Ephyre “Ephyre the daughter of Oceanus”
Book 4 · Chapter 30
- child: Fortune “Fortune, also a daughter of Oceanus”
- child: Leucippe “enumerating the other daughters of Oceanus, how they played with Demeter’s daughter Proserpine, and among them Fortune”
- child: Phæno “enumerating the other daughters of Oceanus, how they played with Demeter’s daughter Proserpine, and among them Fortune”
- child: Electra (daughter of Oceanus) “enumerating the other daughters of Oceanus, how they played with Demeter’s daughter Proserpine, and among them Fortune”
- child: Ianthe “enumerating the other daughters of Oceanus, how they played with Demeter’s daughter Proserpine, and among them Fortune”
- child: Melobosis “enumerating the other daughters of Oceanus, how they played with Demeter’s daughter Proserpine, and among them Fortune”
- child: Ocyroe “enumerating the other daughters of Oceanus, how they played with Demeter’s daughter Proserpine, and among them Fortune”
Book 7 · Chapter 5
- child: Nemesis “So they willingly removed, and they worship two Nemeses instead of one, and they say their mother was Night, but the Athenians who worship Nemesis at Rhamnus say that she was the daughter of Oceanus.”
Book 8 · Chapter 18
- child: Styx “Hesiod has represented Styx in his Theogony, (for there are some who assign the Theogony to Hesiod), as the daughter of Oceanus and the wife of Pallas.”
Book 8 · Chapter 41
- child: Eurynome (Oceanus is identified as Eurynome's father.) “Eurynome the Phigalian people believe to be a title of Artemis, but their Antiquarians say that Eurynome was the daughter of Oceanus, and is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as having joined Thetis in receiving Hephæstus.”
Book 9 · Chapter 10
- child: Caanthus “the tomb of Caanthus, who was they say the brother of Melia and the son of Oceanus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.