Thetis

Thetis , idis or idos, f.: Thetis, daughter of Nereus and Doris, married to Peleus, of Thessaly, by whom she became the mother of Achilles, 5.825.

Thĕtis, ĭdis, or ĭdos (abl. also Theti;

• v. the foll.; ante-class. collat. form Thĕlis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll., or Trag. v. 431 Vahl.; cf.: antiqui ut Thetin Thelim dicebant, sic Medicam Melicam vocabant, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19), f., = Θέτις, a sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris, wife of Peleus, and mother of Achilles, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 17 (727); Hyg. Fab. 54; 244; Ov. M. 11, 221 sq.; 11, 400; Cat. 64, 21; Hor. C. 1, 8, 14; 4, 6, 6 al.; abl. Thetide, Hor. Epod. 13, 12: Theti, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 33 (33); Lact. 1, 11, 9; cf. Prisc. p. 709.—
• II Transf., appel., the sea (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): temptare Thetin ratibus, Verg. E. 4, 32: hic summa levi stringitur Thetis vento, Mart. 10, 30, 11; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 148: lapilli Thetidis, pearls, Stat. S. 4, 6, 18; and, hyperbol., of a large bath, Mart. 10, 13, 4.

Thetis, idis, Akk. im u. in, Vok. ī, f. (Θέτις), I) eine Meernymphe, des Nereus u. der Doris Tochter, Gemahlin des Peleus, Mutter des Achilles, Hyg. fab. 54 u. 244 270 (Genet. -idis). Ov. met. 11, 221 sqq. Catull. 64, 19 sqq. (Genet. -idis). Sen. Herc. fur 738 (Genet. -idis). Stat. Ach. 2, 11 u.a. (Akk. -in): Vok. Theti, Prop. 3, 7, 68. Ov. met. 11, 237. Stat. Ach. 1, 80: Abl. Thetide, Hor. epod. 13, 12. Lact. 1, 11, 9. Hyg. fab. 54, Theti, Plaut. Epid. 32 G. – II) appellat. = Meer, Verg. ecl. 4, 32 (Akk. im). Mart. 10, 30, 11: Erythraeae lapilli Thetidis, Perlen, Stat. silv. 4, 6, 18. – hyperbol. von einem großen Bade, Thetis palleat, Mart. 10, 13, 4. – arch. Nbf. Thelis od. Telis u. zwar Telis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1², 556. Thelis, Enn. fr. scen. 232*. Varro L.L. 7, 87; r.r. 3, 9, 19. – Dav. Thetidēius, iī, m. (*Θετιδήϊος thetidëisch, von der Thetis geboren, Thetidëius heros u. bl. Thetidëius, Auct. epit. Iliad. 692 u. 897 u. 962 Wernsd. (van Kooten Nereius).

1 Thetis v. Tethys

2 Thetis [CL], chief of the Nereids, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles. b (meton.) the sea (cf. et. Tethys). cum Peleus frater Thelemonis ~idem diligeret Wals. AD 164; ut Peleum Tetis, id est mare, a navigacione absterreret in varias figuras se mutabat Ib..  b thitis, mare GlC T 135; an requies sit eis quos quatit uda Thetis Ord. Vit. XII 26 p. 418; mare, pontus ‥ Thetys, Nereus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 558; superisque revolvitur orbe / dimidio Phebus Thetidisque recolligit undis / surgentes radios Hanv. VIII 427; a portu pelagus placidum rex laudat, at inde / se levis irato protheat ore Thetis Garl. Tri. Eccl. 28; corpus ‥ Barruci a tedide projectum in littore Barrensi repertum est (Cadocus 29) VSB 92.

Thĕtis, (12) ĭdis, f. (Θέτις), Thétis [nymphe de la mer, fille de Nérée, femme de Pélée, mère dʼAchille]: Hor. Epo. 13, 12 ; Hyg. Fab. 54 ; Catul. 64, 21 || la mer [poét.] : Virg. B. 4, 32 ; Mart. 10, 30, 11.

Thetis idis, acc.tim, f

• , Θέτις, a sea-nymph, mother of Achilles, V., H., O.—Poet., the sea: temptare Thetin ratibus, V.

Thetis

(Θέτις). A daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was the wife of Peleus, by whom she became the mother of Achilles (Il. i. 538, xviii. 35; Hes. Theog. 244). As a goddess of the sea she dwelt, like her sisters the Nereids, below the waves with her father, Nereus. She there received Dionysus on his flight from Lycurgus, and the god, in his gratitude, presented her with a golden urn (Il. vi. 135; Od. xxiv. 75). When Hephaestus was thrown down from heaven, he was likewise received by Thetis. She had been brought up by Heré, and when she reached the age of maturity, Zeus and Heré gave her, against her will, in marriage to Peleus. Such was the Homeric story (Il. xviii. 85, 432); but later accounts add that Poseidon and Zeus himself first sued for her hand; but when Themis declared that the son of Thetis would be stronger than his father, both gods desisted from their suit, and desired her marriage with a mortal (Pind. Isthm. viii. 58). Chiron informed his friend Peleus how he might gain possession of her, even if she should metamorphose herself: for Thetis, like Proteus, had the power of assuming any form she pleased; and she had recourse to this means of escaping from Peleus, who, instructed by Chiron, held the goddess fast till she again assumed her proper form, and promised to marry him (Pind. Nem. iii. 60). This story, which appears first in Pindar, was a favourite subject in vasepainting of an early date. The wedding of Peleus was honoured with the presence of all the gods, with the exception of Eris or Discord, who was not invited, and who avenged herself by throwing among the assembled gods the apple which was the source of so much misery. (See Paris.) For the action of Thetis in the story of her son, see Achilles.

Thetis Thetis, a Nereid

• Apollod. 1.2.6
• dwells in sea: Paus. 8.41.6
• saves Hephaestus when he was cast down from heaven: Apollod. 1.3.5
• with the Nereids steers the Argo through the Wandering Rocks: Apollod. 1.9.24
• daughter of Nereus, Dionysus takes refuge with her in the sea: Apollod. 3.5.1
• Zeus and Poseidon rivals for her hand: Apollod. 3.13.4
• seized by Peleus, darts a snake at him: Paus. 5.18.5
• married by Peleus: Apollod. 3.13.4
• her transformations to avoid him: Apollod. 3.13.4
• mother of Achilles: Apollod. 3.14.3
• tries to make Achilles immortal: Apollod. 1.8.2, Apollod. 1.8.3
• departs to the Nereids: Apollod. 1.8.3
• entrusts Achilles in female garb to Lycomedes: Apollod. 1.8.5
• warns Achilles not to kill Tenes: Apollod. 2.5.4
• and not to be the first to land at Troy: Apollod. 2.5.6
• supplicates Zeus for her son Achilles: Paus. 5.22.2
• receives arms from Hephaestus: Paus. 5.19.8, Paus. 8.41.5
• persuades Neoptolemus to wait at Troy: Apollod. 2.6.4
• buries Ajax in Myconos: Apollod. 2.6.4
• advises Neoptolemus to stay in Tenedos: Apollod. 2.7.2
• Magian sacrifice to her to abate a storm: Hdt. 7.191
• her sister: Paus. 2.29.9
• sanctuary of Thetis: Paus. 3.14.4
• images: Paus. 3.14.4, Paus. 3.22.2, Paus. 5.22.2
• represented on chest of Cypselus: Paus. 5.18.5, Paus. 5.19.8