Oceanus and Tethys produced 3000 daughters and 3000 sons called the Oceanids who were the spirits of water, springs, and rivers (Hesiod, Theogony, 369-370).

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- Oceanus
- Coeus
- Crius
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Theia
- Rhea
- Themis
- Mnemosyne
- Phoebe
- Tethys
- Cronus

The Twelve Titans

Hesiod. (2019). Theogony (G. Nagy, and J. Banks, Trans.). The Center for Hellenistic Studies, https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/hesiod-theogony-sb/


Theogony

Morford, M., Lenardon, J., and Sham, M. (2014). Myths of creation. In Classical Mythology, (10th ed. pp. 61-83). Oxford University Press.

Myths of Creation

Oceanus, Tethys and The Oceanids

Hyperion is a god of the sun, who with his mate Theia produced Helius, another sun god, Selene, goddess of the moon, and Eos, goddess of the dawn.

Hyperion, Theia, and their children Helius, Selene, and Eos

Cronos and Rhea had six children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. According to Hesiod, Cronos swallowed all of his children except Zeus out of fear that they would commit patricide. Zeus escaped this fate because his mother Rhea hid him away.

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