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In Greek mythology, Tethys (/ ˈ t iː θ ɪ s, ˈ t ɛ-/; Ancient Greek: Τηθύς, romanized: Tēthýs) was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids.
Peneus, river god of Thessaly flowing from the foot of Pindus. He was the father of Daphne and Stilbe, love interests of the god Apollo. Scamander, who fought on the side of the Trojans during the Trojan War, and was offended when Achilles polluted his waters with a large number of Trojan corpses. In response, he overflowed his banks, nearly ...
She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus. [1] When described as a Nereid in Classical myths, Thetis was the daughter of Nereus and Doris, [2] and a granddaughter of Tethys with whom she sometimes shares characteristics. Often she seems to lead the Nereids as they ...
In Greek mythology, Oceanus (/ oʊ ˈ s iː ə n ə s / oh-SEE-ə-nəs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὠκεανός [2] [ɔːke.anós], also Ὠγενός [ɔːɡenós], Ὤγενος [ɔ̌ːɡenos], or Ὠγήν [ɔːɡɛ̌ːn]) [3] was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods and the Oceanids, as well as being the great river which ...
Ismenus or Ismenius, son of Oceanus and Tethys, god of the river of the same name. [1] He was mentioned as the father of several spring nymphs , including Dirce [ 2 ] and Strophia , [ 3 ] also Crocale [ 4 ] and the musician Linus . [ 5 ]
Aesepus, one of the Potamoi, river-god sons of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. [1] He was the divine personification of the river and nearby town of Aesepus [2] (today known as Gönen in Turkey). Aesepus was the grandfather of the other Aesepus through his daughter Abarbarea. His other daughter Phrygia was the eponym of the ...
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: Τιτᾶνες, Tītânes, singular: Τιτάν, Titán) were the pre-Olympian gods. [1] According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), with six male Titans—Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus—and six female Titans, called the Titanides ...
The Scamander River was the river that surrounded Troy. The god Scamander took the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War. ... of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. [3]