Clytie (Oceanid)
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Clytie or Clytia is a water nymph, daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. She is thus one of the 3,000 Oceanid nymphs, and sister to the 3,000 Potamoi.
Townley's Clytie
Bust of Clytie, by Hiram Powers, modeled 1865–1867, carved 1873.
Clytie turns into a sunflower as the Sun refuses to look at her, engraving by Abraham van Diepenbeeck.
Clytie Transformed into a Sunflower, Charles de la Fosse, oil on canvas, 1688
Oceanus
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In Greek mythology, Oceanus 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 encircled the entire world.
Oceanus in the Trevi Fountain, Rome
Mosaic depicting Oceanus and Tethys, Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep
Oceanus-faced gargoyle, originally from Treuchtlingen, Bavaria, now at the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
River Divinity, second century AD, Farnese collection, Naples National Archaeological Museum