[ noun ] (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology <noun.person>
Oceanus \O*ce"a*nus\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Gr.Myth.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.
The figure surmounting the largest fountain in Kykuit's forecourt is of the god Oceanus, after the one by Giambologna in the Boboli gardens in Florence.