- This article is about the Oceanid. For the primordial sea goddess and daughter of Pontus and Gaia, see Ceto.
Ceto (Ancient Greek: Κητώ, romanized: Kētṓ, lit. 'sea monster' or 'whale'), a "naiad daughter of Oceanos" and thus one of the Oceanids. Her mother was probably the Titaness Tethys. Ceto bore Helios a daughter, Astris.
Mythology[]
Ceto being mentioned as an Oceanid only appears in Nonnus' Dionysiaca. [1]
| “ | Astris daughter of Helios, happy in her offspring— men say that her mother was Ceto, a Naias daughter of Okeanos —. | ” |
–Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26. 350 ff (trans. Rouse) | ||