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Taking a journey through icy waters and cascading waterfalls, the London Philharmonic present a quartet of pieces, including Debussy's La Mer and Sibelius's Oceanides - with an aquatic theme.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

The following afternoon, "Become Ocean" followed two oceanic works, Sibelius' "The Oceanides" and Britten's Four Sea Interludes, and Passacaglia from "Peter Grimes."

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2018

He was the father of the Oceanides to the number of three thousand.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

METIS, his first wife, was one of the Oceanides or sea-nymphs.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.

They are similar in appearance to the Oceanides, but their beauty is of a less shadowy order, and is more like that of mortals.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.