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Definition of Thetis
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus.
Definition of Thetis
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) One of the Nereids; the mother of Achilles ¹
2. Proper noun. (astronomy) 17 Thetis, the seventeenth asteroid of the Main Belt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thetis
Literary usage of Thetis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"Or oh! declare, of all the pow'rs above, Is wretched Thetis leaft the care of Jove ?
She faid, and fighing thus the God replies,670 Who rolls the thunder ..."
2. The Autobiography of a Seaman by Thomas Cochrane Dundonald, George Butler Earp, William Jackson (1860)
"VOYAGE IN THE Thetis. ICEBERGS. 1 AM MADE ACTING LIEUTENANT. ... RETURN OF THE
Thetis TO ENGLAND. As soon as the Thetis had obtained her complement, ..."
3. A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography. by William Smith (1889)
"When Hephaestus (Vulcan) was thrown down from heaven, he was likewise received
by Thetis. She had been brought up by Hera (Juno), and when she reached the ..."
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