Cebren
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Cebren was a Greek
river-god, whose river was located near Troy
. He was the son of Oceanus
and Tethys
and he was the father of Asterope
, Hesperia
, who are sometimes considered to be each other, and Oenone
. The city Cebrene
(also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin) was named for Cebren.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
river-god, whose river was located near Troy
Troy
Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...
. He was the son of Oceanus
Oceanus
Oceanus ; , Ōkeanós) was a pseudo-geographical feature in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the world-ocean, an enormous river encircling the world....
and Tethys
Tethys (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Tethys , daughter of Uranus and Gaia was an archaic Titaness and aquatic sea goddess, invoked in classical Greek poetry but not venerated in cult. Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus...
and he was the father of Asterope
Asterope
Asterope can refer to:* In Greek mythology:** Another name for Sterope , one of the Pleiades*** Asterope is one of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster, named for the mythical figure...
, Hesperia
Hesperides
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus, the world-ocean....
, who are sometimes considered to be each other, and Oenone
Oenone
In Greek mythology, Oenone was the first wife of Paris of Troy, whom he abandoned for the queen Helen of Sparta.Oenone was a mountain nymph on Mount Ida in Phrygia, a mountain associated with the Mother Goddess Cybele, alternatively Rhea. Her father was Cebren, a river-god...
. The city Cebrene
Cebrene
Cebrene – also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin, and for a time called Alexandria and Antiochia in Troad – was an ancient city in the Troad, a region of northwest Anatolia...
(also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin) was named for Cebren.