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  • 1Tethys — Tethys1 [tē′this] n. [L < Gr Tēthys] 1. Gr. Myth. a daughter of Uranus and wife of Oceanus, by whom she is the mother of the Oceanides 2. a satellite of Saturn having long trenchlike valleys and sharing its orbit with other satellites Tethys2… …

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  • 2Tethys (mythology) — In Classical Greek mythology, Tethys (Greek Τηθύς ), daughter of Uranus and Gaia (Hesiod, Theogony lines 136, 337 and Bibliotheke 1.2) is an aquatic sea goddess. Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus. [Tethys and Oceanus appear as a pair in… …

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  • 3Tethys — /tee this/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods. 2. Astron. one of the moons of Saturn. 3. Geol. the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a …

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  • 4Tethys — noun a) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids. b) A moon of Saturn …

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  • 5TETHYS —    in the Greek mythology a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, wife of OCEANUS (q.v.), and mother of the river gods …

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  • 6Nyx — For the water spirit Nix, see Neck (water spirit). For other uses, see NYX (disambiguation). Nyx La Nuit by William Adolphe Bouguereau (1883) …

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  • 7Praxithea — In Greek mythology, Praxithea ( el. Πραξιθέα) or Pasithea was a name attributed to five women.*Praxithea the naiad, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. According to Apollodorus Praxithea married Erichthonius of Athens and by him had a son named… …

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  • 8Iapetus (mythology) — In Greek mythology, Iapetus, also Iapetos or Japetus ( el. Ἰαπετός), was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and through Prometheus, Epimetheus and… …

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  • 9Clytie (Oceanid) — Bust of Clytie, by Hiram Powers, modeled 1865 1867, carved 1873. Clytia (or Clytie) was a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology.[1] She loved Apollo.[ …

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  • 10Bunaea alcinoe — Taxobox name = Cabbage tree emperor moth regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda class = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Saturniidae genus = Bunaea species = B. alcinoe binomial = Bunaea alcinoe binomial authority = (Stoll, 1780) Bunaea… …

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