Tethys
Family: Divine · Role: sea goddess · First appears: Fable 18
Tethys is a divine sea goddess, the daughter of Cœlus and Earth and the wife of Oceanus. In fable 18, she is Phaëton’s elder kin; “ignorant of the destiny of her grandson,” she removed what stood in their way before Phaëton and his companions took to the air. She was also the mother of Liriope and Eurynome.
In fable 22, Juno descended to the sea and appealed to Tethys and Oceanus to expel the constellations; “The Gods of the sea granted her request.” Later, Tethys pitied Æsacus as he fell, received him softly, and covered him with feathers as he swam through the sea. In fable 101, she and Oceanus received Glaucus, purified him, and removed his mortality.
Relationship record
Life events
- Juno demands that the sea gods expel the constellations, and they grant her request.(Fable22 · 📍 the sea)
- Tethys saves Æsacus from death and covers him with feathers.(Fable98)
- With: Æsacus
- “Tethys, pitying him as he fell, received him softly, and covered him with feathers as he swam through the sea;”
- Oceanus and Tethys purify Glaucus and remove his mortality.(Fable101)
Fable 18
- younger kin: Phaëton “After Tethys, ignorant of the destiny of her grandson, had removed these, and the scope of the boundless universe was given them, they take the road”
- with Phaëton (Tethys is Phaëton's grandmother.) “After Tethys, ignorant of the destiny of her grandson, had removed these, and the scope of the boundless universe was given them, they take the road, and moving their feet through the air, they cleave the resisting clouds, and raised aloft by their wings, they pass by the East winds that had arisen from the same parts.”
- parent: Earth “[Footnote 3: Tethys.--Ver. 69. She was the daughter of Cœlus and Terra, and the wife of Oceanus. Her name is here used to signify the ocean itself.]”
- parent: Cœlus “[Footnote 3: Tethys.--Ver. 69. She was the daughter of Cœlus and Terra, and the wife of Oceanus. Her name is here used to signify the ocean itself.]”
- married with Oceanus “[Footnote 3: Tethys.--Ver. 69. She was the daughter of Cœlus and Terra, and the wife of Oceanus. Her name is here used to signify the ocean itself.]”
Fable 22
- with Juno (Juno seeks Tethys's aid.) “Juno swelled with rage after the mistress shone amid the stars, and descended on the sea to the hoary Tethys, and the aged Ocean, a regard for whom has often influenced the Gods, and said to them, inquiring the reason of her coming,”
Fable 35
- child: Liriope “She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and was the mother of the youth Narcissus, by the river Cephisus.”
Fable 39
- child: Eurynome “Eurynome was the wife of Orchamus, and was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.”
Fable 81
- married with Ocean “Ocean Tethys, the ruler of Olympus Juno”
Fable 98
- with Æsacus (Tethys intervenes to transform and save Æsacus.) “Tethys, pitying him as he fell, received him softly, and covered him with feathers as he swam through the sea”
Fable 101
- with Glaucus (Tethys participated in removing Glaucus's mortality and purifying him.) “The Gods of the sea vouchsafed me, on being received by them, kindred honours, and they entreated Oceanus and Tethys to take away from me whatever mortality I bore. By them was I purified; and a charm being repeated over me nine times, that washes away {all} guilt, I was commanded to put my breast beneath a hundred streams.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.