Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the Nereids, the wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In classical mythology, a marine goddess, who became the spouse of the mortal Peleus, despite her efforts to escape him by countless Protean transformations, and was by him the mother of Achilles.
- noun The seventeenth planetoid, discovered by Luther at Bilk in 1852.
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- proper noun Greek mythology One of the
Nereids ; themother ofAchilles - proper noun astronomy 17 Thetis, the seventeenth
asteroid of the Main Belt.
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- noun (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus
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Examples
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Poem 64, a little mythological epic about Ariadne “embedded” in an ekphrastic poem framed by the wedding of Pelus and Thetis is the sort of charming and mannered writing that doesn’t electrify as much as elegant but contemporary-feeling metrical lyrics about stolen dinner napkins or buggering or hopeless love with an older married woman.
Miss her, Catullus? : A.E. Stallings : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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HMS "Thetis" - Secrets and Scandal - Aftermath of a Disaster by David Roberts
OpEdNews - Quicklink: PA Congressman Weldon subpoenaed for 9/11 trial 2006
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‘When I was in Thebes they told me about your love for a priestess called Thetis ...’
Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990
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'When I was in Thebes they told me about your love for a priestess called Thetis ...'
Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990
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The vessel in which the young sculptor sailed for Naples was called the Thetis, and the captain engaged to watch over him; the voyage was long, and all on board became fond of
A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Clara Erskine Clement Waters 1875
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She was called the Thetis; a bust of the nymph was erected in the bows, and she carried a crew of seven men, including the captain.
My Life — Volume 1 Richard Wagner 1848
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It's there in her classic Ovidian tales of metamorphosis ( "Thetis", in which the slippery goddess feels "the surge of other shapes beneath my skin"; a poem on transmutation that opens, blandly, "Dusk, deserted road, and suddenly/I was a goat"), as well as in a fascination with borders: between countries; between poets (her 2002 collection, Tender Taxes, is a book-length engagement with Rilke); between the self and the world.
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Kelolo was not present. to translate when Abner found the excavation, and all Kelolo would say was, "Thetis," measuring the deep pit with his arms extended.
Hawaii Michener, James 1959
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The little "Thetis" had throbbed and panted steadily.
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Three vessels, the "Thetis," "Alert," and "Bear," left New York by order of the Navy Department to search for Lieutenant Greely and his party, comprising what is known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.
The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898
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