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THETIS  , in

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Greek
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mythology, daughter of
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Nereus, wife of
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Peleus and
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mother of
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Achilles . The
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chief of the fifty Nereids, she dwelt in the depths of the
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sea with her
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father and sisters . When
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Dionysus leaped into the sea to
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escape from the pursuit of
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Lycurgus,
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king of the Thracian Edones, and
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Hephaestus was flung out of
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heaven by
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Zeus, both were kindly received by Thetis . Again, when
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Hera,
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Athena and
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Poseidon threatened to bind Zeus in chains, she sent the
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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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