# Thetis — Victory Odes character guide

> Thetis in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

Sea nymph, mother of Achilles, who dipped him in the Styx.

## Relationships

### [Kadmus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/kadmus)

_social_

Cadmus and Thetis are both figures in Greek mythology, connected through the wedding of Peleus and Thetis which Cadmus attended.

### [Kadmus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/kadmus)

_social_

Cadmus and Thetis are both figures in Greek mythology, connected through the wedding of Peleus and Thetis which Cadmus attended.

## In the story

### [IX For Epharmostus of Opus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as the mother of Achilles.

### [III For Aristokleides of Aegina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/iii)

Sea-goddess won by Peleus; mother of Achilles.

### [IV For Timasarchus of Aegina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/iv)

Nereid queen, wife of Peleus, ruler in Phthia.

### [VIII For Kleandros of Aegina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/viii)

Nereid, sea goddess; mother of Achilles, married to Peleus by divine decree.

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