2010) and was obducted onto the Arabian peninsula as the Tethys seaway closed during the late Cretaceous (~95 million years ago) (Coleman 1981). The peridotite is 30-70% (100% in localized regions) ...

Homer claims Oceanus and Tethys, pictured in the lower half of this mosaic, were responsible for the birth of the gods, but Hesiod's version of the origins is generally accepted (see Gypsy Girl).