Thetis facts for kids

Not to be confused with Tethys or Titaness.

Thetis (Greek Θέτις) is a nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology. She is a daughter of Nereus and Doris. She is married to Peleus and with him the mother of Achilles. Some stories say that she dipped Archilles in the river Styx when he was a child to make him invulnerable.

Images for kids

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  Thetis changing into a lioness as she is attacked by Peleus, Attic red-figured kylix by Douris, c. 490 BC from Vulci, Etruria - Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris.

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  Thetis depicted (left) on a CSA $10 bill in 1861-62.

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  Head of Thetis from an Attic red-figure pelike, c. 510–500 BC, Louvre.

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  Immortal Thetis with the mortal Peleus in the foreground, Boeotian black-figure dish, c. 500–475 BC - Louvre.

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  Thetis and the Nereids mourning Achilles, Corinthian black-figure hydria, 560–550 BC; note the Gorgon shield, Louvre