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Thetis

[ thee-tis ]

noun

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


Thetis

/ 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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Example Sentences

At the wedding of Thetis, a water nymph, all the gods and goddesses except Eris were seated at the banquet.

It is related by Apollodorus that Thetis, who was also a Nereid, wished to make her son immortal.

Thetis, thus thwarted, abandoned both husband and child in disgust, and went back to her native element.

For this purpose, Vulcan, at the request of Thetis, made her son a complete suit of armour and weapons.

The chief difference is that it was Thetis who placed her son on the fire, to make him immortal, and Peleus who cried out.

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