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THETIS, daughter of Nereus, an old sea god, was Achilles's mother. Since it was foretold that she would bear a son greater than his father, Jupiter and Poseidon decided to marry her to a mortal (Met IX.221-228, 256-265).

Thetis and the sea gods rescue Demophon from drowning and cast him up on the beach in Thrace, LGW 2421-2426. Chaucer's source for this line is apparently Aeneid V.823. [Achille: Demophon: Phillis]

Thetis occurs once in medial position, LGW 2422.

Ovid, Met, ed. and trans. F.J. Miller, II: 18-21; Virgil, Aeneid, ed. and trans. H.R. Fairclough, I: 500-501.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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