THETIS

In Greek Mythology, one of the Nereids, daughter of Nereus and Doris: was wedded under the auspices of the gods, among whom jealousy had arisen by reason of her beauty, to Peleus, king of The aly. By him she became tiie mother of Achilles. According to the ancient cosmogonies, Thetis was an emblem of the element of water. She is best known by the verses of Homer. Her marriage with Peleus is the subject of some exquisite lines by Catullus. [s. 1245]