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Ὠκεανός

Ὠκεανός, Oceanus

Ὠκεᾰνός, οῦ, ὁ,
  • Oceanus, son of Uranus and Gaia, Hes. Th. 133: wedded to Tethys, father of Thetis, Il. 14.302, 18.399; and of all the Oceanids, Hes. Th. 337 sqq., A. Pr. 140 (anap.); god of the primeval water, and source of all smaller waters, Il. 21.195 sqq., Hes. Th. 368; Ὠκεανὸν θεῶν γένεσιν Il. 14.201; ποταμοῖο ῥέεθρα Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅσπερ γένεσις πάντεσσι τέτυκται ib. 246; conceived as a great River which compasses the earthʼs disc, returning into itself, ἀψόρροος Il. 18.399, Od. 20.65; represented as encircling the shield of Achilles, Il. 18.607, cf. Hes. Sc. 314; Ὠκεάνω γᾶς τʼ ἀπὺ περράτων Alc. 84; Ὠ. ἀκαλαρρείτης, βαθύρροος, βαθυρρείτης, Il. 7.422, 21.195; ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖς, ῥοαὶ Ὠ., 16.151, 3.5 (so Ὠ., παγαί Pi. Fr. 30.2; Ἴναχενᾶτορ, παῖ τοῦ κρηνῶν πατρὸς Ὠκεανοῦ S. Fr. 270 (anap.)); criticized by Hdt. οὔ τινα ἔγωγε οἶδα ποταμὸν Ὠ. ἐόντα 2.23, cf. 4.8, Str. 1.1.7: but Ὠκεανὸς ὃν ταυρόκρανος ἀγκάλαις ἑλίσσων κυκλοῖ χθόνα E. Or. 1377 (lyr.).
    • II later the name of the great Outward Sea, opp. to the Inward or Mediterranean (θάλασσα, πόντος), Hdt. Il.cc., Pi. P. 4.26, 251; τὴν Εὐρώπην καὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν καὶ τὴν Λιβύην νήσους εἶναι ἃς περιρρεῖν κύκλῳ τὸν Ὠκεανόν Theopomp.Hist. Fr. 74 (a), cf. Arist. Mu. 393a17; Ὠ. ὁ βόρειος, ὁ ἑσπέριος, ὁ κατὰ μεσημβρίαν, Plu. Mar. 11, Ant. 61, D.S. 17.96; Πρεττανικός, Γερμανικός, Καντάβριος, etc., Ptol. Geog. 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.6.3, al.
    • III metaph., ὠ. χρημάτων oceans of wealth, Lyd. Mag. 3.62 (pl.); πραγμάτων ib. 2.7.
    • IV ὠκεανέ bravo! in acclamations, POxy. 41.4 (iii/iv A. D., ωκαιαναι and ωκααναι Pap.: an exaggeration of Νεῖλος similarly used, Jo.Chrys. περὶ κενοδοξίας cap.8 Schulte).
    • V Pythag. name for 9, Theol.Ar. 57.

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