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Oceanus

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O·ce·a·nus  (-s-ns)
n. Greek Mythology
A Titan god of the outer sea encircling the earth and the father of the Oceanides and the river gods.
Oceanus [əʊˈsɪənəs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a Titan, divinity of the stream believed to flow around the earth
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Noun1.OceanusOceanus - (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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--Venient annis Saecula seris, quibus Oceanus Vincula rerum laxet, et ingens Pateat Tellus, Tiphysque novos Detegat orbes; nec sit terris Ultima Thule:
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For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him.
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There fair-haired Rhadamanthus reigns, and men lead an easier life than any where else in the world, for in Elysium there falls not rain, nor hail, nor snow, but Oceanus breathes ever with a West wind that sings softly from the sea, and gives fresh life to all men.
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