·Reported
Thetis reports the Ethiopians as gathered at Oceanus for the feast attended by Jove.
See evidence text
“Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians”
Location · Individual
Oceanus
Published entity metadata
Read-only identity and editorial metadata.
- Canonical name
- Oceanus
- Disambiguator
- None
- Kind
- Location
- Scope
- Individual
- Parent location
- None
- Editorial note
- Treated as a destination because Thetis says Jove went to Oceanus; no further nature is inferred.
Aliases
0
No aliases recorded.
Present entities
Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.
6
Present entities
Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.
·Reported
Thetis reports that the other gods accompanied Jove to Oceanus.
See evidence text
“For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him”
·Reported
Thetis reports that Jove had gone to Oceanus for the Ethiopian feast and had not yet returned.
See evidence text
“For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him. He will return to Olympus twelve days hence”
·Direct
The Sun sinks physically into Oceanus at nightfall.
See evidence text
“The sun’s glorious orb now sank into Oceanus”
·Direct
The sun is sent into and sets in the waters of Oceanus.
See evidence text
“Juno sent the busy sun, loth though he was, into the waters of Oceanus; so he set”
·Reported
Aeneas reports that the twelve filly foals could gallop over Ocean’s breakers.
See evidence text
“Twelve filly foals did they conceive and bear him, and these, as they sped over the rich plain, would go bounding on over the ripe ears of corn and not break them; or again when they would disport themselves on the broad back of Ocean they could gallop on the crest of a breaker”
Claims
7
·Simile
In the comparison, Oceanus has flowing waters crossed by the migrating birds on their way to attack the Pygmies.
See evidence text
“over the flowing waters of Oceanus to bring death and destruction on the Pygmies”
·Direct
Oceanus is described as deep, with slow and still currents from which the sun rises.
See evidence text
“slow still currents of deep Oceanus”
·Direct
The sun’s glorious orb sinks into Oceanus as night falls over the land.
See evidence text
“sun’s glorious orb now sank into Oceanus and drew down night over the land”
·Reported
In Juno’s lying tale, Oceanus is the gods’ origin and her foster-father with Tethys, and the pair have ceased sleeping together through anger.
See evidence text
“Oceanus (from whom all we gods proceed) and mother Tethys: they received me in their house, took care of me, and brought me up, having taken me over from Rhaea when Jove imprisoned great Saturn in the depths that are under earth and sea. I must go and see them that I may make peace between them; they have been quarrelling, and are so angry that they have not slept with one another this long while”
·Reported
Juno’s lying tale calls Oceanus the gods’ progenitor and former fosterer and says he is estranged from Tethys.
See evidence text
“to visit Oceanus, from whom all we gods proceed, and mother Tethys; they received me into their house, took care of me, and brought me up. I must go and see them that I may make peace between them: they have been quarrelling, and are so angry that they have not slept with one another this long time.”
·Direct
Oceanus is represented as the stream the circling Bear alone never enters.
See evidence text
“the Bear, which men also call the Wain and which turns round ever in one place, facing. Orion, and alone never dips into the stream of Oceanus”
·Direct
Oceanus is represented as a mighty stream around the shield’s outermost rim.
See evidence text
“mighty stream of the river Oceanus”
Additional evidence
Evidence records not already represented by a claim.
9
Additional evidence
Evidence records not already represented by a claim.
·Reported
“went yesterday to Oceanus”
·Simile
“the flowing waters of Oceanus”
·Direct
“The sun’s glorious orb now sank into Oceanus”
·Reported
“Oceanus (from whom all we gods proceed)”
·Remembered
“the waters of Oceanus from whom all of them proceed”
·Direct
“streams of Oceanus”
·Direct
“except Oceanus”
·Reported
“the mighty stream of deep-flowing Oceanus”
·Reported
“the streams of Oceanus”