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Oceanid

[oh-see-uh-nid] / oʊˈsi ə nɪd /


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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

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 Nuttall, P. Austin

When the mists divide with the dawn o'er those glittering waters, Do they gaze over unoared seas— Naiad and nymph and the woodland's rose-crowned daughters And the Oceanides?

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

Heaven and Earth had formed his father, who had united his destinies with Clymene, one of the Oceanides.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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 Milton, John




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