List of Oceanids

__NOTOC__ In Greek mythology, the nymph daughters of the Titan Oceanus (Ocean), were known collectively as the Oceanids. Four ancient sources give lists of names of Oceanids. The oldest, and longest such list, given by the late 8th–early 7th century BC Greek poet Hesiod, names 41 Oceanids.Hesiod, Theogony 349–361: Peitho, Admete, Ianthe, Electra, Doris, Prymno, Urania, Hippo, Clymene, Rhodea, Callirhoe, Zeuxo, Clytie, Idyia, Pasithoe, Plexaura, Galaxaura, Dione, Melobosis, Thoe, Polydora, Cerceis, Pluto, Perseis, Ianeira, Acaste, Xanthe, Petraea, Menestho, Europa, Metis, Eurynome, Telesto, Chryseis, Asia, Calypso, Eudora, Tyche, Amphirho, Ocyrrhoe, and Styx. Hesiod goes on to say that these "are the eldest ... but there are many besides" and that there were "three thousand" Oceanids,Hesiod, Theogony 362–364. a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable".Hard, p. 40. While some of these names, such as Peitho, Metis and Tyche, certainly reflected existing traditions, many were probably mere poetic inventions.West 1966, p. 260; Hard, p. 41. The probably nearly as old Homeric Hymn to Demeter lists twenty-one names, sixteen of which match those given by Hesiod,Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 418–423. The matching names are: Acaste, Admete, Callirhoe, Calypso, Chryseis, Electra, Galaxaura, Ianeira, Ianthe, Melobosis, Ocyrhoe, Pluto, Rhodea, Styx, Tyche, and Urania. The additions are: Iache, Leucippe, Melite, Phaeno, and Rhodope. and were probably taken directly from there.West 1966, p. 260; Evelyn-White, note to Homeric Hymn to Demeter 418.

The roughly contemporary (? ) Greek mythographer Apollodorus and the Latin mythographer Hyginus also give lists of Oceanids. Apollodorus gives a list containing seven names,Asia, Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Amphitrite, and Metis (1.2.2). as well as mentioning five other Oceanids elsewhere.Callirrhoe (2.5.10), Idyia (1.9.23), Melia (2.1.1), Meliboea (3.8.1), and Pleione (3.10.1). Of these twelve names, eight match Hesiod.The matching names are: Asia, Callirhoe, Doris, Electra, Eurynome, Idyia, Metis, and Styx. The additions are: Amphitrite, Melia, Meliboea, and Pleione. Hyginus, at the beginning of his Fabulae, lists sixteen names, while elsewhere he gives the names of ten others.Hyginus lists seventeen names, but one is unintelligible: Hestyaea, Melite, Ianthe, Admete, Stilbo, Pasiphae, Polyxo, Eurynome, Euagoreis, Rhodope, Lyris, Clytia, <unintelligible>, Clitemneste, Mentis, Menippe, Argia (Fabulae Th. 6; Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 95.). The other ten names are: Philyra (Fab. 138; Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 146), Merope (Fab. 154; Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 150), Persis (Fab. 156; Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 150), Ida, Amalthea, and Adrasteia (Fab. 182; Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 158), Pleione (Fab. 192; Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 162), Ephyra (Fab. 275.6; Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 181), Aethra (Astronomica 2.21). Of these 26 names, only nine are found in Hesiod, the Homeric Hymn, or Apollodorus. Many other names are given in other ancient sources.

The names of the Oceanids are of different types.For a detailed treatment of many of the Hesiodic names see West 1966, pp. 264 ff. The Oceanids were the nymphs of springs,West 1966, p. 259 ll. 337-70; Caldwell, p. 48; Most, p. 31. and some of the names apparently reflect this aquatic connection, with some perhaps being the names of actual springs.West 1966, p. 260; Evelyn-White, note to Hes. Th. 346. Other names have no apparent connection with water. Some, consistent with the Oceanids' function, as specified by Hesiod, of having "youths in their keeping" (i.e. being kourotrophoi),West 1966, p. 263 346. κουρίξουσι; Hesiod, Theogony 347. represent things which parents might hope to be bestowed upon their children: Plouto ("Wealth"), Tyche ("Good Fortune"), Idyia ("Knowing"), and Metis ("Wisdom").Fowler 2013, p. 13. Others appear to be geographical eponyms, such as Europa, Asia, Ephyra (Corinth), and Rhodos (Rhodes).Fowler 2013, pp. 13–16.

Several of the names given for Oceanids, are also names given for Nereids, the fifty sea nymphs who were the daughters of the sea god Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.

List

+Named OceanidsNameSourcesNotes Hes.Hesiod, Theogony 349–361.Hom. HymnHomeric Hymn to Demeter, 418–423. Ap.Apollodorus, 1.2.2, except where otherwise indicated. Hyg.Hyginus, Fabulae Th. 6 (Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 95), except where otherwise indicated. OtherAcaste ✓ ✓ Only mentioned by name in a single mythAdmete ✓ ✓ ✓ Adrasteia ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 182 Apollodorus, 1.1.6 makes the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus, daughters of Melisseus, leader of the Kuretes of Crete Aethra ✓Hyginus, Astronomica 2.21Pherecydes, fr. 90c Fowler; Ovid, Fasti 5.171 Aetna Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ΠαλιχηAmalthea ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 182; Hyginus' Latin text has Althaea, which scholars read as Amalthea, see Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 191 endnote to 182; West 1983, p. 133.Scholia ad Homer, IIiad 21.194Nurse of Zeus, but not always an OceanidAccording to Apollodorus, 2.7.5, she was the daughter of Haemonius, according to others she was a goat, see Frazer's note 3.Amphirho ✓ Amphitrite ✓+Also Apollodorus, 1.4.5 The name of a NereidHesiod, Theogony, 243, 254, and Apollodorus, 1.2.7 Argia ✓+Also Hyginus, Fabulae 143 Mother of Phoroneus, by Inachus, according to HyginusHyginus, Fabulae 143 however according to Apollodorus, the mother of Phoroneus was an Oceanid named Melia.Apollodorus, 2.1.1Asia ✓ ✓ According to Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7, Asia was the daughter of Oceanus and Pompholyge, see Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls the name Pompholyge, an ad hoc invention. The name of a NereidHyginus, Fabulae Th. 8Asterodia Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.242 (Parisian, Florentine).Asterope Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. AkragantesBeroe Virgil, Georgics 4.341 calls Clio and Beroe "sisters, ocean-children both", possibly meaning they were Oceanids; cf. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 41.153The name of a NereidCallirhoe ✓ ✓ ✓Apollodorus, 2.5.10 Calypso ✓ ✓ The name of a Nereid;Apollodorus, 1.2.7 "probably not" the same as the Calypso who was the lover of OdysseusCaldwell, p. 49 n. 359, see also West 1966, p. 267 359. καὶ ἱμερόεσσα Καλυψώ; Hard, p. 41. Odysseus' Calypso is usually the daughter of the Titan Atlas, e.g. Homer, Odyssey 1.51–54. Camarina Pindar, Olympian Odes 5.1–4 Capheira Diodorus Siculus, 5.55 Cerceis ✓ Ceto Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.355 The name of a Nereid Chryseis ✓ ✓ Clio Virgil, Georgics 4.341 calls Clio and Beroe "sisters, ocean-children both", possibly meaning they were Oceanids. The name of a Nereid and a muse. Clitemneste ✓ Clymene ✓ ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 156Tzetzes, Chiliades 4.19.359; possibly the same as the Clymene at Virgil, Georgics 4.345 The name of a NereidClytie ✓ ✓ Coryphe Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.59 Daeira Pausanias, 1.38.7; cf. Pherecydes, fr. 45 Fowler, where she is called a sister of Styx, so presumably an Oceanid, see Fowler 2013, p. 16. Dione ✓ The name of a Nereid Dodone Epaphroditus, fr. 57 Braswell–Billerbeck, see Braswell, pp. 240, 242; Harder, vol. 1 p. 196, vol. 2 p. 383. Doris ✓ ✓ The name of a NereidElectra ✓ ✓ ✓ Ephyra ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 275.6Eumelus fr. 1 Fowler (apud Pausanias, 2.1.1)The name of a Nereid Euagoreis ✓ Eudora ✓ The name of a NereidHesiod, Theogony 244; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 and one of the HyadesHyginus, Astronomica 2.21.1, Fabulae 192 Europa ✓ According to Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7, Europa was the daughter of Oceanus and Parthenope, see Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls the name Parthenope, "elsewhere variously a Siren, a daughter of Ankaios, and a paramour of Herakles" an ad hoc invention.Eurynome ✓ ✓+Also Apollodorus, 1.3.1 ✓ Homer, Iliad 18.399, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.503–504 Galaxaura ✓ ✓ Hesione Acusilaus, fr. 34 Fowler; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 560. Hestyaea ✓ Hippo ✓ Iache ✓ Ianeira ✓ ✓ The name of a NereidHomer, Iliad 18.47; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Th. 8 Ianthe ✓ ✓ ✓ Ida ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 182; an outdated Latin text of Hyginus' Fabulae has Idothea, see Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 191 endnote to 182; West 1983, p. 133. Apollodorus, 1.1.6 makes the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus, daughters of Melisseus, leader of the Kuretes of CreteIdyiaor Eidyia ✓ ✓Apollodorus, 1.9.23 Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 3.243–244 Leucippe ✓ Libye According to Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7, Libye was the daughter of Oceanus and Pompholyge, see Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls the name Pompholyge, an ad hoc invention. Lyris ✓ LysithoeIoannes Lydus, De Mensibus 4.67Mother of Heracles by Zeus in some myths.Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.42Melia (consort of Apollo) Pindar, fr. 52k 43; Pausanias, 9.10.5See also (below) the Argive Oceanid Melia who was the consort of InachusMelia (consort of Inachus) ✓ Mother of Phoroneus by Inachus, according to Apollodorus, however, according to Hyginus, the mother of Phoroneus was Argia. See also (above) the Theban Oceanid Melia who was the consort of ApolloMeliboea ✓Apollodorus, 3.8.1 Melite ✓ ✓The name of a NereidHesiod, Theogony 247; Homer, Iliad 18.42; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 Melobosis ✓ ✓ Menestho ✓ Menippe ✓ Mentis ✓ Merope ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 154Metis ✓ ✓Also Apollodorus, 1.2.1 Mopsopia According to Suda, s.v. Εὐφορίων, Attica was previously called "Mopsopia"after a daughter of Oceanus.NeaeraHesychius of Alexandria s. v. ΝέαιραNemesis Pausanias, 1.33.3A daughter of Nyx according to Hesiod and HyginusHesiod, Theogony 223; Hyginus, Fabulae Th. 1NycheaGreek Anthology 9.684 Ocyrhoe ✓ ✓ Pasiphae ✓ Pasithoe ✓ Peitho ✓ Pherecydes, fr. 66 FowlerPeriboea Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.248Perseor Perseis ✓+Also Hesiod, Theogony 956 ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 156; here, spelled "Persis", spelled "Perse" at Hyginus, Fabulae Th. 36.Homer, Odyssey 10.139; Hecataeus of Miletus, fr. 35A Fowler; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.48; Tzetzes, Chiliades 4.19.358 Petraea ✓ Phaeno ✓ Philyra ✓Hyginus, Fabulae 138Eumelus fr. 12 West = Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.554 (see also Evelyn-White, pp. 482, 483); Pherecydes, fr. 50 Fowler = Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.1231–41a; cf. Callimachus, Hymn 1—To Zeus 33–36 Pleione ✓Apollodorus, 3.10.1 ✓cf. Hyginus, Fabulae 192Ovid, Fasti 5.81–84 Plexaura ✓ The name of a NereidPlouto or Pluto ✓ ✓ Polydora ✓ Polyphe Suda, s.v. Ἱππεία ἈθηνᾶPolyxo ✓ Prymno ✓ Rhodea,Rhodeia,or Rhodia ✓ ✓ Rhodope ✓ ✓ Rhodosor Rhode Epimenides, fr. 11 FowlerA daughter of Poseidon and AphroditeApollodorus, 1.4.5; Herodorus, fr. 62 Fowler; Diodorus Siculus, 5.55 The Sirens Epimenides, fr. 8 Fowler Usually the daughters of Achelous and MelpomeneApollodorus, 1.3.4, 1.7.10, E.7.18; Hyginus, Fabulae 125.13, 141.1; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.896Fowler 2013, pp. 30–31 Stilbo ✓ Styx ✓ ✓ ✓ Epimenides, fr. 7 FowlerAccording to Hyginus a daughter of NyxHyginus, Fabulae Th. 1.Telesto ✓ Theia Fowler, p. 323 Mother of the Cercopes Thoe ✓ The name of a Nereid Thraike According to Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7, Thraike was the daughter of Oceanus and Parthenope, see Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls the name Parthenope, "elsewhere variously a Siren, a daughter of Ankaios, and a paramour of Herakles" an ad hoc invention.Tyche ✓ ✓ Urania ✓ ✓ Xanthe ✓ Possibly the same as the Xantho, at Virgil, Georgics 4.336.The name of a NereidZeuxo ✓

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