Ὠκεανός

Ὠκεᾰνός, οῦ, ὁ,

A 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 earth's 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 τ' 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 ([etym.] 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.