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What does Oceanus mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (River Ocean) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
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For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him.
In most variations of this myth, Oceanus also refused to side with Cronus in the latter's revolt against their father, Uranus.
That year, the center traded for the 177-foot Oceanus, which was just as old as the Wecoma, but in better shape.
In Homer, the Earth was viewed as a flat disk afloat on the river of Oceanus and overlooked by a hemispherical sky with sun, moon, and stars.
The Kara Sea was formerly known as Oceanus Scythicus or Mare Glaciale and it appears with these names in 16th century maps.
When Oceanus tossed the bowl about, Heracles threatened him and stilled his waves.

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