Oceanid
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Taking a journey through icy waters and cascading waterfalls, the London Philharmonic present a quartet of pieces, including Debussy's La Mer and Sibelius's Oceanides - with an aquatic theme.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
The following afternoon, "Become Ocean" followed two oceanic works, Sibelius' "The Oceanides" and Britten's Four Sea Interludes, and Passacaglia from "Peter Grimes."
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2018
According to poets, this was once Philyra, one of the Oceanides.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau
The Hyades, who in appearance are somewhat similar to the Oceanides, are cloudy divinities, and, from the fact of their being invariably accompanied by rain, are represented as incessantly weeping.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens
Oceanides, the nymphs of the Ocean, all daughters of Oceanus, some 3000 in number.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
The Oceanids, the nymphs of this great river, were their daughters.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Tethys is wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids.
From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton
