Tethys (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Tethys was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus and Gaia, the sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. Although Tethys had no a
Mosaic (detail) of Tethys from Alexandretta
Mosaic (detail) of Tethys, from Philipopolis (modern Shahba, Syria), fourth-century AD, Shahba Museum.
Detail of Tethys attending the wedding of Peleus and Thetis on an Attic black-figure dinos by Sophilos, c. 600–550 BC, British Museum 971.11–1.1.
Mosaic (detail) of Tethys and Oceanus, excavated from the House of Menander, Daphne (modern Harbiye, Turkey), third century AD, Hatay Archaeology Museum 1013.
Oceanids
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In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides are the nymphs who were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
Tethys (mythology)
…one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), the sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. Although Tethys had no active role in Greek mythology and no established cults, she was depicted in mosaics decorating baths, pools, and triclinia in…
Les Océanides, Gustave Doré (c. 1860)
The 1925 bronze copy of the Océanides in the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia