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Thetis

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The·tis  (thts)
n. Greek Mythology
One of the Nereids, the wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles.
Thetis [ˈθiːtɪs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) one of the Nereids and mother of Achilles by Peleus
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Noun1.ThetisThetis - (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Nereid - (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
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Thetis [ˈθiːtɪs] N → Tetis


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Thetis was not unmindful of the charge her son had laid upon her, so she rose from under the sea and went through great heaven with early morning to Olympus, where she found the mighty son of Saturn sitting all alone upon its topmost ridges.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
Their names were Isis, Amphitrite, Hebe, Pandora, Psyche, Thetis, Pomona, Daphne, Clytie, Galatea and Arethusa.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
Then, although we are admirers of Homer, we do not admire the lying dream which Zeus sends to Agamemnon; neither will we praise the verses of Aeschylus in which Thetis says that Apollo at her nuptials
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