where "OCEAN" got its name.


The word of ocean was come from Greek, “Okeanos” which means world-ocean because the ancient Romans and Greeks think the ocean as an enormous river that encircling the world. In Greek mythology, this world-ocean was personified as a Titan, a son of Uranus and Gaia. In Hellenistic and Roman mosaics, this Titan was often depicted as having the upper body of a muscular man with a long beard and horns. Some scientists believe that Oceanus was represented as salt water in Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, which is the two ocean that was known by greek’s people ancient Greeks.

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