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Now to the Titans were born offspring: to Ocean and Tethys were born Oceanids, to wit, Asia, Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Amphitrite, and Metis;1 to Coeus and Phoebe were born Asteria and Latona;2 to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon;3 to Crius and Eurybia, daughter of Sea ( Pontus), were born Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses;4


1 Compare Hes. Th. 346-366, who mentions all the Oceanids named by Apollodorus except Amphitrite, who was a Nereid. See Apollod. 1.2.7; Hes. Th. 243.

2 As to the offspring of Coeus and Phoebe, see Hes. Th. 404ff.

3 As to the offspring of Hyperion and Thia, see Hes. Th. 371ff.

4 As to the offspring of Crius and Eurybia, see Hes. Th. 375ff.

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