Zeuxo (Oceanid)

For other uses, see Zeuxo.

Zeuxo
Member of the Oceanids
Zeuxo pours wine to Chrysippus. Interior from an Attic red-figured kylix, ca. 490-480 BC. From Capua.
Genealogy
Parents	Oceanus and Tethys
Siblings	Oceanids, Potamoi

In Greek mythology, Zeuxo (/ˈzjuːksoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ζευξώ means 'yoke' or 'cart'^[1]) was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.^[2][3] Her name appears in Hesiod's catalogue of Oceanid names; no other literary mention of her survives. The main belt asteroid 438 Zeuxo was named after her.

See also

• Meanings of minor planet names: 1–500
• Brygos Painter

Notes

1. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41.
2. Hesiod, Theogony 352
3. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 349. ISBN 9780786471119.

References

• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.