Oceanus ( ; Greek: Ὠκεανός "Ōkeanós", ] ), also known as Ogenus ("Ogenos", Ωγηνος) or Ogen (Ωγην), was a divine figure in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the divine personification of the sea, an enormous river encircling the world.
Greeks and Romans had a lot of conflict to its origin 