person
Thetis
also: Nereis
The sea-nymph daughter of Nereus, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles; Cycnus boasts of a still higher descent than hers.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §12.356 a Nereid
The sea-nymph (a Nereid) mother of Achilles; Cycnus boasts of a descent higher than hers.