an ancient Greek god, was the son of Uranus and Gaia, and the eldest of the Titans. Homer and Hesiod represent him as a divinity of might and importance, and they each mention several elements in his greatness. He was the father, by Tethys, of the rivers, and of the 3000 Oceanides, the goddesses of the rivers; he dwelt in a palace in the far west; and "the ocean stream" over which he ruled encircled the whole earth, and touched the vault of heaven on every side.