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In Greek mythology, the Oceanides (or Oceanids) were forty sea nymphs of the ocean. They were the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
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In Greek mythology, Oceanus was the son of Uranus and Gaea. He was the only Titan not to revolt against Uranus.
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In Roman mythology, Ocrisia (or Ocresia) was the mother of Servius Tullius. She was said to have been a slave-woman taken at the fall of Corniculum. After seeing an image of a phallus rising from a hearth, she was made to stand before the fire dressed in a bridal gown by her master King Tarquinius Priscus of Rome, and was mysteriously impregnated and later gave birth to Servius Tullius.
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Ocypete was one of the harpies.
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Odysseus was a Greek hero. He was the king of Ithaca and devised the strategy of the wooden horse used by the Greeks to conquer Troy. He was killed by his son Telegonus, who was ignorant of his father's identity.
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In Greek mythology, Oebalus was a king of Sparta. He was the father of Tyndareus, Hippocoon and Icarius either by the Gorgophone or the nymph Batia.
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Oedipus was the son of Laius. The Delphic oracle foretold that Laius would be killed by his son, so
Oedipus was abandoned on mount Cithaeron with a nail through his feet. However, he was found by a shepherd and raised by Polybus. Hearing that he would kill his father, Oedipus left Corinth and met Laius on his travel. He killed him in an argument not knowing who he was.
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In Greek mythology, Oeneus was a king of Calydon. When Dionysus came to Calydon,
Oeneus allowed him to sleep with his wife, Althaea, which resulted in the conception of Deinaira. Dionysus repaid Oeneus with the gift of the knowledge of grape cultivation and wine making. For failing to include Artemis in his harvest sacrifices one year, the goddess sent a monstrous boar to ravage Calydon. The boar was eventually killed, but only after it had caused the death of two if
Oeneus' sons. His wife, Althaea angry at the death of her sons caused a row which resulted in Oeneus being killed, and then in her grief she killed herself, also.
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In Greek mythology, Oenone was a nymph of Mount Ida and a daughter of the River Cebren. She married Paris, before he was aware that he was a Trojan prince, and later tried to dissuade Paris from seeking Helen, but he ignored her and deserted her. Years later, wounded Paris was brought to Oenone to heal, she refused because he had deserted her, and he was taken away. Repenting, Oenone went after Paris but it was too late, he was dead, and in her grief she hanged herself.
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In Greek mythology, Oeonus was a son of Licymnius. He was attacked by a dog belonging to the sons of Hippocoon, he threw a stone at the dog and in revenge the sons of Hippocoon killed him.
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Oileus was one of the Argonauts, he was the father of Ajax.
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In Greek mythology, Omphale was the wife of Tmolus and queen of Lydia after his death. She bought Hercules as a slave - his atonement for the murder of Iphitus - who stayed with her for three years, during which time he was said to have used the distaff and spun wool, wearing women's clothes.
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In Greek mythology Oneiros was one form of the god of dreams (the other being Morpheus). Oneiros was properly a personification of dreams, whether idle or deceptive or really prophetic. Dreams of the former class were supposed to issue from the ivory gates, those of the latter class from the horn gate, of the palace where they were kept, beside the Western Oceanus. He was called a child of Night, sometimes a child of Sleep, and was directly under the control of the superior order of gods, who, as they pleased, despatched deceptive or prophetic dreams to men.
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Ops was the Roman goddess of plenty and the personification of abundance.
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In Greek mythology, the Oreades were mountain nymphs.
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Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. As a child he was smuggled out of Mycenae by his sister Electra when Clytemnestra and Aegisthus seized power. He later killed Clytemnestra with the help of Electra and Pylades and was punished by the Erinnyes.
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Orion was a giant and son of Poseidon. He was a hunter and very handsome. He was promised the hand of Merope whom he loved if he could ride Chios. He did but was not given Merope so he seduced her. Apollo caused his death at the hands of Artemis who put his image in the stars.
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Orpheus was a mythical Greek poet and musician. The son of Apollo and a muse (possibly Calliope), he married Eurydice, who died from the bite of a snake.
Orpheus went down to Hades to bring her back and her return to life was granted on condition that he walk ahead of her without looking back. He did look back and Eurydice was irretrievably lost. In his grief, he offended the maenad women of Thrace, and was torn to pieces by them.
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In Roman mythology, Ossipago was a minor goddess of skeletal structures and the strengthener of foetal bones.
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In Greek mythology Ourania was a mountain goddess of summer, especially mid- summer. The Queen of the winds and ruler of the night sky.
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