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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

mythology, daughter of See also:

NEREUS

Nereus, wife of See also:

PELEUS

Peleus and See also:

MOTHER

mother of See also:

Achilles. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the fifty Nereids, she dwelt in the depths of the See also:

sea with her See also:

FATHER

father and sisters. When See also:

DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus leaped into the sea to See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from the pursuit of See also:

Lycurgus, See also:

king of the Thracian Edones, and See also:

HEPHAESTUS

Hephaestus was flung out of See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven by See also:

ZEUS

Zeus, both were kindly received by Thetis. Again, when See also:

HERA

Hera, See also:

ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena and See also:

POSEIDON

Poseidon threatened to bind Zeus in chains, she sent the See also:

GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

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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