Poseidon and Oceanus were both powerful gods in Greek mythology associated with water. Oceanus ruled the river Oceanus while Poseidon ruled the seas and other bodies of water. They had different wives and children - Oceanus's wife was Tethys while Poseidon's included Demeter and Amphitrite. Though they both once ruled water sources, Poseidon gained dominion over more areas after the gods defeated the Titans in war. Oceanus remained calmer and avoided conflict while Poseidon was sometimes depicted as angry, reflecting the roughness of the seas.

1. Poseidon and Oceanus
Justin Chen Class 603

2. Thesis Statement
• Greek Mythology was used by the Greeks to explain
what happens in nature that they could not explain.
They used gods, goddesses and other mythical
beings.

3. Poseidon and Oceanus’s Different
wives and Kids
• Oceanus has titan-goddess wives instead of goddess
wives. His wife is Tethys and he has a lot of children such
as the Okeanides, the three thousand sea nymphs and the
Potamoi, the three thousand river gods.
• Poseidon has wives such as Demeter, Amphitrite,
Aphrodite and Halia. He had kids such as Triton, Areion,
Rhode, Pegasus, Khrysomallos, Asopos, The Daimones
Proseoous, The Telkhines, Kharybdis, Kymopoleia and
Benthesikyme.

4. The differences Between Poseidon and
Oceanus
• Oceanus used to rule the sea until Poseidon and the other gods won in
the War of the Titans. Oceanus only rules the river Okeanus. Poseidon
rules the rest of the water bodies in the world.
• Oceanus is a Titan-god but Poseidon is a god. Titan-gods are bigger
than gods. Gods are just bigger versions of humans but have a lot of
stronger power and each of the gods and goddesses have a specific
power and skill.
• Oceanus is also less angry and more calm than Poseidon. When the
waves are calm, Poseidon is sometimes calm, but when the waves are
fierce sometimes Poseidon is angry . Oceanus is a more easy going and
is not part of the wars between the gods and their enemies. This is the
reason that Oceanus is featured less in Greek mythology because he
did not cause any trouble and that is the reason why Poseidon is more
featured than Oceanus.

5. Similarities Of Poseidon and
Oceanus
Poseidon and Oceanus both rule a certain part
of the water sources. They also have wives.
Poseidon and Oceanus both have powers
related to the sea and both have Ruled the sea
before. They were also featured in Greek
mythology and have been mentioned. Poseidon
and Oceanus both have children and they both
are powerful beings.

6. History of Poseidon
• Poseidon is the god of the sea, earthquakes, horses, dolphins,
and bulls. Since he is the god of the sea he rules over
everything in it and other water bodies except for Okeanus. He
drew lots with Zeus and Hades and he drew the sea when the
gods won in the war against the titans. Poseidon is the son of
Rhea and Cronus.

7. History of Oceanus
•Oceanus rules over only the river Okeanus. He is the oldest son of the
twelve titans born by Gaea and Uranus. His siblings are Rhea, Hyperion,
Cronus, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe, Iapetus, Clymene, Tethys and Mnemosyne.
He used to be the ruler of all the water sources in the world until the titans
were defeated trying to defeat the gods in the process. Oceanus did not
fight against the gods or with the gods and he remained neutral having an
excuse of having important duties he had to attend to until Poseidon got all
the water bodies except for the river Okeanus.

8. Bibliography
www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece/pose
idon.php
www.Theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonFamily.ht
ml#Genealogy
www.greek-gods.org/titan/Oceanus.php
www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanOkeanos.html

9. Conclusion
• These are the reasons why Poseidon and
Oceanus are different from each other and that
there are history about how Poseidon and
Oceanus came to be and who their wives and
children are. They have alike and distinct traits
within them and they have history of how they
are born and how they ruled a certain part of
the water sources and why.

10. Thank you for looking at this
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