Scamander
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Scamander, also Skamandros or Xanthos, was a river god in Greek mythology.
Water, or the Fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis by Auguste Couder, 1819.
Achilles and Scamander
Oceanus
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In Greek mythology, Oceanus or Okeanos was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus and Gaia, and the god of the great river which encircled the entire world. He was the brother and husband of the Ti
Scamander
…river that surrounded Troy. The god Scamander took the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War. According to Hesiod, Scamander is the son of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. He is alternately described as a son of Zeus. Scamander was the father of King Teucer whose mother was the water nymph Idaea. He was also…
The Oceanus Mosaic, discovered in near Antioch on the Orontes (Antakya) in 1935, 2nd century AD
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