Zeuxo (Oceanid)

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Zeuxo
Member of the Oceanids
Zeuxo Chrysippos BM E65.jpg
Zeuxo pours wine to Chrysippus. Interior from an Attic red-figured kylix, ca. 490-480 BC. From Capua.
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ParentsOceanus and Tethys
SiblingsOceanids, Potamoi

In Greek mythology, Zeuxo (/ˈzjks/; Ancient Greek: Ζευξώ means 'yoke' or 'cart'[1]) was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.[2][3] Her name appears in Hesiod's catalogue of Oceanid names; no other literary mention of her survives.

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  1. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41.
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 352
  3. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 349. ISBN 9780786471119.

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