\b0 One of the most powerful divinities of Greek mythology, the daughter of the marine god \b \cf4 \ATXht11407 Nereus
\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . She was brought up by \b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and courted by \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Poseidon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , but since an oracle foretold that her son would surpass his father in valor a
nd strength, was given in marriage to the mortal \b \cf4 \ATXht11610 Peleus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , to whom she bore \b \cf4 \ATXht10104 Achilles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . All the gods were invited to the wedding with the exception of \b \cf4 \ATXht10512 Eris\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the goddess of Discord, who gained her revenge by throwing the golden apple into the banquet hall, an act that led to the beauty contest between \b \cf4 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , Hera, and \b \cf4 \ATXht6 Athena\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 at whic
h \b \cf4 \ATXht1013 Paris \b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was the judge. Thetis lived in a palace at the bottom of the sea where she took in \b \cf4 \ATXht7 Hephaestus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 when he was cast down from Olympus by his mother Hera and looked after him for nine
years. She intervened to stop the revolt of the Olympians led by Hera, sending \b \cf4 \ATXht10206 Briareus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to loosen the knots of the bonds with which Zeus was tied. She protected the \b \cf4 \ATXht114 Argonauts\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , one o
f whom was her husband and tried to make her son Achilles immortal.\par
