What Does OCEANUS Actually Mean?

Oceanus;Trevi Fountain, Rome

In classical antiquity, Oceanus (from Greek: Ὠκεανός, lit. "ocean"^[1]) was believed to be the world-ocean, which the ancient Romans and Greeks considered to be an enormous river encircling the world.

Some scholars believe that Oceanus originally represented all bodies of salt water, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the two largest bodies known to the ancient Greeks. However, as geography became more accurate, Oceanus came to represent the stranger, more unknown waters of the Atlantic Ocean (also called the "Ocean Sea"), while the newcomer of a later generation, Poseidon, ruled over the Mediterranean.

When Odysseus and Nestor walk together along the shore of the sounding sea (Iliad ix.182) their prayers are addressed "to the great Sea-god who girdles the world." It is to Oceanus, not to Poseidon, that their thoughts are directed.
Source: Wikipedia

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