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The son of Peleus, king of Phthia, and Thetis. A. Peleus' marriage to a sea-
goddess, after a wedding that had been arranged and attended by the gods, was
a happy one until the birth of their first child, Ligyron. Thetis, wishing to make her
son ...
The son of Peleus, king of Phthia, and Thetis. A. Peleus' marriage to a sea-
goddess, after a wedding that had been arranged and attended by the gods, was
a happy one until the birth of their first child, Ligyron. Thetis, wishing to make her
son ...
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She sent Iris with an order to Aeolus for favorable winds, a request to Hephaestus
that he shut down operations in his smithy under Mount Aetna while the Argo was
passing, and a summons for the sea-goddess Thetis. The two gods agreed at ...
She sent Iris with an order to Aeolus for favorable winds, a request to Hephaestus
that he shut down operations in his smithy under Mount Aetna while the Argo was
passing, and a summons for the sea-goddess Thetis. The two gods agreed at ...
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The more familiar story is that Thetis placed the infant Achilles, her only child, in
the fire at night and anointed him with ambrosia by day, hoping by these means
to make him immortal. (Another account claims that she dipped the baby in the ...
The more familiar story is that Thetis placed the infant Achilles, her only child, in
the fire at night and anointed him with ambrosia by day, hoping by these means
to make him immortal. (Another account claims that she dipped the baby in the ...
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