The Potamoi
The Potamoi are Greek river gods, sons of Oceanus and Tethys. Their sisters are the Oceanids.
Potamoi
Some notable Potamoi are
- Achelous, the chief of the river gods of Greece
- Acheron, whose river leads to Hades ' underground realm
- Alpheus, who pursued the nymph Arethousa, who prayed to Artemis to be turned into a spring, whose waters now mix with Alpheos'
- Asopus, whose daughters were carried away by the gods (notably Aegina, seduced by Zeus and grandmother of Achilles and Ajax )
- Axius, who waters the Paeonian plain
- Borysthenes, who waters the lands of the Scythians, under the nameDniepr
- Cebren, father of Oenone, the first wife of Paris
- Chremetes, father of Queen Telephassa of Tyre
- Cocytus, whose waters feed the lakes of Hades' realm
- Enipeus, who was loved by Tyro
- Eridanus, who cooled Phaethon when he fell from Helios ' chariot
- Euphrates, who waters the Fertile Crescent
- Eurotas, the first king of Lacadaemon(Sparta)
- Ganges, who waters the Indian subcontinent
- Haliacmon, whose riverbed forms the border between Thessaly and Macedon
- Hydaspes, who stood against Dionysus in his war against the Indians
- Inachus, who fathered Io and is thus the ancestor of all Greeks
- Indus, who waters the Indian subcontinent
- Istros, who waters Europe and Scythia, with the name Danube
- Lethe, the river of forgetfulness in Hades' realm
- Maeander, who judges the lawsuits of Asia Minor
- Pactolus, whose waters bathed King Minos, and relieved him of the golden curse
- Peneus, the river god of Thessaly and father of Daphne
- Pyriphlegethon, whose fiery, lava-like waters mix with the river Styx in Hades' kingdom
- Scamander and
- Simoeis, rivers in Asia Minor who sided with Troy during the Trojan War and battled Hephaestus
- Strymon, the Thracian river god and father of King Rhesus
- Tanais, who is now called the Don
- Tigris, who waters the Fertile Crescent
Oceanids
Some notable Oceanids are
- Asia, wife of Prometheus , mother of the one of only two humans to survive the great flood, Deucalion.
- Callihroe, mother to Geryon the giant by the golden son of Poseidon , Chrysaor
- Dione, mother of Aphrodite by Zeus
- Doris, mother to the 50 Nereids by Nereus
- Electra, mother to Iris, Arce and the Harpies by Thaumas, the sea-god of wonders and miracles
- Eurynome, mother to the Graces by Zeus, wife of Ophion
- Lethe, goddess of the river in Hades' realm, that mortals bathe in to forget their life on Earth
- Metis, first wife of Zeus, goddess of wisdom and counsel, mother of Athena
- Pleione, mother of Hyas, the Pleiades, the Hesperides and the Hyades by Atlas
- Plouto, mother, by Zeus of King Tantalus, and thus ancestress of the Atreids
- Styx, goddess of the Underworld river who married first Pallas, her cousin, and then Pyriphlegethon. Mother of Bia, Cratos, Nike and Zelos, by Pallas.
River deities of Greek mythology | |
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River gods | Achelous • Acheron • Alpheus • Asopus • Axius • Borysthenes • Cebren • Chremetes • Cocytus • Enipeus • Eridanus • Erymanthus • Euphrates • Eurotas • Ganges • Haliacmon • Hydaspes • Inachus • Indus • Istros • Lethe • Maeander • Nilus • Pactolus • Peneus • Pyriphlegethon • Scamander • Simoeis • Strymon • Tanais • Tigris |
Titans | |
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Parents | Ouranós • Gaîa |
Elder Titans | Coeus • Crius • Cronus • Hyperion • Iapetus • Oceanus |
Elder Titanesses | Dione • Mnemosyne • Phoebe • Theia • Rhea • Themis • Tethys |
Coeonides | Asteria • Leto |
Crionides | Astraeus • Pallas • Perses |
Hyperionides | Eos • Hḗlios • Selene |
Iapetonides | Atlas • Epimetheus • Menoetius • Prometheus |
Oceanides | Potamoi • Rhode • Styx |
Others | Anemoi • Astra Planeta • Kratos • Eurynome • Hecate • Lelantos • Melisseus • Metis • Nike • Ophion |
Topics | Overthrowing of Ouranós • Titanomachy |