Thetis

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Greek One of the nereids, sea nymphdaughters of Nereus; wife of Peleus; mother of Achilles.Both Zeus and Poseidon had pursued Thetis, buton being told by the seeress Themis that a son borne byThetis would overthrow the Olympian gods, Zeus persuadedThetis to marry Peleus. When her son, Achilles, was born, Thetis wanted to make him invulnerable.She dipped the baby into the river Styx, holding himby one heel. Since that heel did not touch the magicalwater, it remained vulnerable. It was this heel that latercaused Achilles' death in the Trojan War.