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Notebook, 1993-

ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE

[From: Kyriazis, Constantine D. Eternal Greece. Translated by Harry T. Hionides. A Chat Publication.]

Asclepios - Atlas - Boreas - Charites - Cybele - Dryads - Eos - Erinyes - Eros - Gaea - Gigantes - Gorgons - Hades - Harpies - Hebe - Helios - Hermaphroditus - Hestia - Horae - Iris - Kronos - Maenads - Moirai - Muses - Naiads - Nereids - Nereus - Nymphs - Oceanides - Oceanos - Pan - Persephone - Priapus - Prometheus - Rhea - Satyrs - Seilenoi - Seilenos - Selene - Themis - Thetis - Triton - Zephyros

Thetis










Daughter of Nereus and Doris, she was the best known of the Nereids. Although Zeus desired her strongly, they never mated for there existed a prophecy that he would acquire by that union a son more powerful than he. And so she married Peleus and to their wedding all the gods of Olympus were invited. But Eris had been forgotten, and when she arrived she gave as a gift to the newlyweds an apple which was destined to be the cause of many ills. From this marriage Achilles sprung. After the death of Achilles, Thetis poured all her affections on her grandson Neoptolemus. [p. 55]

[Kyriazis, Constantine D. Eternal Greece. Translated by Harry T. Hionides. A Chat Publication.]




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