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The Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum) is the largest of the dark plains on the surface of the moon. It is situated in the second and third quadrant.
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In Greek mythology, Achelous was a river god, a son of Oceanus and Tethys, who changed into a snake and later a bull while fighting Hercules for the hand of Deianira, however despite his shape-changing ability he was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns.
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In Greek mythology, the Cercopes were a pair of mischievous dwarfs, sons of Oceanus and Theia. They were caught trying to steal Hercules armour, for which he hung them upside from a pole he held across his shoulders like a yoke, before, amused by them he set them free. Zeus, however, was not so amused by their antics and turned them either into monkeys or stone.
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Eridanus was a Greek river god known as the king of rivers. He was a son of Oceanus and Tethys.
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In Greek mythology, Iapetus was one of the Titans. He was a son of Uranus and Gaea, and brother of Cronos, Oceanus, Hyperion &c. He was the father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Moenoetius. After the war of the Titans against the gods he was imprisoned by Zeus in Tartarus
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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 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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Peneus was a river god. He was a son of Oceanus and Tethys.
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In Greek and Roman mythology, the Styx was the principal river in the underworld. Styx was the name of a nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She dwelt at the entrance to Hades in a lofty grotto which was supported by silver columns. Styx took her children to help Zeus in the fight against the Titans.
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