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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 844 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THETIS , in See also:

Greek See also:mythology, daughter of See also:Nereus, wife of See also:Peleus and See also:mother of See also:Achilles. The See also:chief of the fifty Nereids, she dwelt in the depths of the See also:sea with her See also:father and sisters. When See also:Dionysus leaped into the sea to See also:escape from the pursuit of See also:Lycurgus, See also:king of the Thracian Edones, and See also:Hephaestus was flung out of See also:heaven by See also:Zeus, both were kindly received by Thetis. Again, when See also:Hera, See also:Athena and See also:Poseidon threatened to bind Zeus in chains, she sent the See also:giant Aegaeon, who delivered him out of their hands. She was married against her will to Peleus (q.v.; see also ACHILLES). Thetis is used by Latin poets simply for the sea.

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