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nounocean-nymph (plural ocean-nymphs)
plural ocean-nymphs
- Greekhuman sciencesSynonym of sea-nymph
The sweet, gentle, pious, Ocean-nymphs, who in the Prometheus of Æschylus appear as the consolers and advisers of its dignified hero, seem to hold a nearly similar relation with man to the supernal gods.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 227Synonyms: sea-nymph
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nounSynonym of sea-nymph
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