thetis in English

noun
1
a sea nymph, mother of Achilles.

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1. In August 1959, Thetis Bay was serving with the 7th Fleet when floods in Taiwan left thousands homeless.

2. Achilles was the son of Peleus, the king of Phthia, and Thetis, a minor sea goddess

3. 26 The hero of Homer's Iliad, the son of Peleus and Thetis and slayer of Hector.

4. The following month, Ashanti, as part of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla, attempted to rescue the stricken submarine Thetis.

5. Achilles definition: Greek hero , the son of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis : in the Iliad the foremost of Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

6. 23 The hero of the Trojan War, the son of Peleus and Thetis and slayer of Hector who was killed by Apollo at last.

7. Interestingly enough, Achilles could have been the son of either Zeus or Poseidon, both of whom were pursuing Thetis

8. Achilles, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis

9. Achilles, the son of Peleus and Thetis, was the greatest of all Greek heroes who took part in the Trojan War.