Definition of Oceanids

1. oceanid [n] - See also: oceanid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oceanids

oceanarium
oceanariums
oceanaut
oceanauts
oceanfront
oceanfronts
oceangoing
oceanic abyss
oceanic bird
oceanic bonito
oceanic trench
oceanic trenches
oceanic whitetip shark
oceanic whitetip sharks
oceanides
oceanids (current term)
oceanless
oceanlike
oceanliner
oceanliners
oceanodromous
oceanographer
oceanographers
oceanographic
oceanographical
oceanographically
oceanographies
oceanographist
oceanographists
oceanography

Literary usage of Oceanids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Euripides and the Spirit of His Dramas by Paul Decharme (1906)
"... are sung by the band of oceanids, is this not because the oceanids have only a slight role in the drama, in which the Titan is supposed alone to hold ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"In classical mythology, the eldest of the Titans, son of Uranos and Gsea, and father, by his sister Tethys, of the 3000 oceanids, or ocean nymphs. ..."

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