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Tethys
[Tethys 词源字典]
name for the sea that anciently lay between Eurasia and Africa-Arabia, coined 1893 by German geologist Eduard Suess (1831-1914), from
Tethys
, name of a Greek sea goddess, sister and consort of Oceanus.
[Tethys etymology, Tethys origin, 英语词源]