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Thetis

American  
[thee-tis] / ˈθi tɪs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.


Thetis British  
/ ˈθiːtɪs /

noun

  1. one of the Nereids and mother of Achilles by Peleus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Though the island is connected to Thetis and Vancouver islands by BC Ferries, all of Penelakut is First Nation reserve property.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2023

Thetis Pharmaceuticals is planning trials of a synthetic resolvin for cases of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.

From Science Magazine May 4, 2022

Justin Nadolny, of the cutter Thetis, calling their survival a “remarkable story of resiliency and grit.”

From Washington Post Jul. 20, 2021

Through language that, like the sea nymph Thetis, shape-shifts between poetry, lyricism, email transcripts, theater and prose, “Wake, Siren” reveals the violence, the pain and the triumph in age-old tales made poignantly new.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2019

In those waters was that most perilous strait guarded by Scylla and Charybdis, which the Argonauts had succeeded in passing only because Thetis helped them and where Ulysses had lost six of his men.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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