Talk:Oceanus

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[edit] Father of the Gods

It seems that Oceanus was considered to be the original source of all the gods by many.

My evidence for this is Homer himself:

"I [Hera] am going to the ends of the generous earth, on a visit to Okeanos, whence the gods have come, and Tethys our mother, who brought me up kindly in their own house, and cared for me. I shall go to visit these, and resolve their division of discord, since now for a long time they have stayed apart from each other and from the bed of love, since rancour has entered their feelings." - Homer, Iliad 14.300

Any other one of the gods, whose race is immortal, I [Hypnos] would lightly put to sleep, even the stream of that River Okeanos, whence is risen the seed of all the immortals." - Homer, Iliad 14.244

"Okeanos I call, whose nature ever flows, from whom at first both Gods and men arose." - Orphic Hymn 83 to Oceanus

Also there is evidence outside Homer:

"Okeanos I call, whose nature ever flows, from whom at first both Gods and men arose." - Orphic Hymn 83 to Oceanus

It is clear that many veiwed Oceanus as the source of the gods. I think that this is an importan aspect of the character of Oceanus. Just because this myth was ognored by Hesiod does not mean that we should ignore it. I think that this is important enough and relevant enough to be included in the article.

The Prime Source 21:03, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Dale