Capheira

Capheira is presented in the surviving summaries of Greek myth as an Okeanid — a daughter of the Titan Oceanus (often given as daughter of Oceanus, possibly by Tethys in broader Oceanid genealogy) — who resided on the island of Rhodes. In the mythic narrative preserved in concise secondary summaries, the infant Poseidon was entrusted by Rhea to local guardians; Capheira, together with the Telchines (legendary Rhodian craftsmen and early island inhabitants), was committed to the care and protection of the babe and jointly participated in his upbringing. This placement ties Capheira to both the primordial watery generation (the Oceanids) and to localized Rhodian traditions that situate minor divinities and legendary artisans as custodians in origin myths.

No specific ancient descriptive or iconographic details for Capheira are preserved in the supplied materials. She is designated generically as an Okeanid/Oceanid nymph, which in Greek mythic typology implies a female nature-spirit associated with bodies of water or coastal localities and commonly imagined as youthful, beautiful, and water-linked in broad literary and artistic conventions. Beyond this generic implication, the provided sources offer no surviving attributes (dress, height, iconography) specific to Capheira.

The sources consistently ascribe to Capheira the role of nurse and protector of the infant Poseidon; she is described as having been entrusted by Rhea to care for the god in his infancy and to have acted in concert with the Telchines in that guardianship. No further personal powers, magical competencies, hostile behaviors, or independent feats are attested for Capheira in the supplied corpus; her function is narrowly attested as a custodial, caregiving presence within the mythic household economy.