god
Thetis
also: Θέτις
The sea-nymph mother of Achilles, who rose from the sea with the Nereids to mourn him, gave the golden urn for his ashes (a gift, she said, from Dionysus and Hephaestus's craft), and set the funeral games' prizes.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §1.380 Thetis
The sea-nymph mother of Achilles; grieving that she bore a son fated to die young, she persuades Zeus to honor Achilles by favoring the Trojans while he withholds himself from battle, and later brings him new armor from Hephaestus.
- The Odyssey §24.57 silver-footed Thetis
Achilles's divine mother, who rose from the sea with the Nereids to mourn him, provided the golden funeral urn, and set the prizes for his funeral games.
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The Iliad
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