OCEANID (nymph of the oceans and seas)
Divine power · nymphs presiding over oceans and seas
Artemis requested sixty of these daughters to serve as her choir.2 In one account, the group arrived at a scene riding on a vehicle equipped with wings.3 Later, the daughters of Oceanus vanished from sight along with Prometheus.4
The Oceanids were playing in a soft meadow.5 They were affrighted by the terrifying appearance of the Cyclopes.6 The maidens could not look at the Cyclopes face to face without distress.6 They also could not endure the loud noise made by the Cyclopes.6 Even the daughters of the Blessed shuddered when looking at the Cyclopes.6
The codex facts behind this entry
Asia is listed as one of the Oceanids. Apollodorus 1.2.2
In the myths
The daughters of Oceanus vanished from sight along with Prometheus. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1080ff The group arrived at the scene riding on a vehicle equipped with wings. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 121-127 The daughters of Oceanus were frightened by the terrifying appearance of the Cyclopes. Callimachus, Hymn 3 ¶2 The daughters of Oceanus could not look at the Cyclopes face to face without distress. Callimachus, Hymn 3 ¶2 The daughters of Oceanus could not endure the loud noise made by the Cyclopes. Callimachus, Hymn 3 ¶2
