millions of visitors push through Rome's narrow streets to gaze at the towering Titan god flanked by falls cascading into a turquoise pool. Yet, they never get to venture behind Oceanus’ back to ...

Homer claims Oceanus and Tethys, pictured in the lower half of this mosaic, were responsible for the birth of the gods, but Hesiod's version of the origins is generally accepted (see Gypsy Girl).

With Uranus, god of the sky, Gaea gave birth to the Titans, 12 gods that included Oceanus and Tethys.