ID: 901000074 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000074	Record Type: Character/Person

	Thetis (Greek character)

Note: n Greek mythology, a Nereid loved by Zeus and Poseidon. When Themis (goddess of Justice), however, revealed that Thetis was destined to bear a son who would be mightier than his father, the two gods gave her to Peleus, king of the Myrmidons of Thessaly. The child of their union was the warrior Achilles

Names:

	Thetis (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Θέτις (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Thetis (Greek character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Thetis (Greek character)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(Thetis)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 91000565
	Θέτις (Greek character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetis

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Thetis," accessed 2 February 2011
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/8214/unknown-maker-votive-relief-to-achilles-and-thetis-greek-thessalian-about-350-bc/