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 Thetis
Apollodorus writes that Thetis was once courted by both Zeus and Poseidon - she was given to the mortal Peleus only because of the prophecy by Themis or Prometheus that her son would excel his father.
Eurynome (the Oceanid mother of the Charites) and Thetis with the infant Hephaestus thrown from the Olymp
In spite, she threw a golden apple into the midst of the goddesses that was to be awarded only "to the fairest." (The award was effected by the Judgment of Paris and eventually occasioned the Trojan War).
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Thetis.html   (1005 words)

  
 eSky: Thetis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Thetis was a Nereid, one of the daughters of Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea.
Thetis orbits in the central regions of the main Asteroid Belt, in an orbit that lies close to the Ecliptic.
Thetis' mean diameter is some 93 kilometres (58 miles), making it very roughly the size of the island of Rhodes.
www.glyphweb.com /esky/asteroids/thetis.html   (147 words)

  
 Travels with S/Y Thetis 04: Leros to Samos & Back
Thetis left Marathi at 1045 and slowly motored, as there was no wind, to the N side of Lipsi.
After I returned to Thetis, I pulled up the anchor and motored 2.3 M to Katsadia [37° 16.8' N 26° 46.2' E], which, I later learned, the locals call Papardiá, where we arrived at 1050.
He and his assistant handled the lines and by 1000 Thetis was on her way to the parcel of dry land allotted to her.
www.sy-thetis.org /Thetis2004/FromLeros1/FromLeros1.html   (4464 words)

  
 THETIS 4 - Greek Nereid sea-goddess
THETIS was the leader of the Nereid goddesses of the sea.
She found Thetis inside the hollow cave, and gathered about her sat the rest of the sea goddesses, and she in their midst was mourning the death of her blameless son, who soon was destined to die in Troy of the rich soil, far from the land of his fathers.
But now to Thetis spake Kalliope, she in whose heart was steadfast wisdom throned: 'From lamentation, Thetis, now forbear, and do not, in the frenzy of thy grief for thy lost son, provoke to wrath the Lord of Gods and men.
www.theoi.com /Pontios/NereisThetis4.html   (6630 words)

  
 THETIS 2 - Greek Nereid sea-goddess
THETIS was the leader of the fifty Nereid goddesses of the sea.
Others say that Thetis was unwilling to have sex with Zeus because she had been reared by Hera, and that Zeus in fury wanted to marry her off to a mortal.
Thetis and Medeia engaged in a beauty contest when they were living with their husbands Peleus and Jason in Thessalian Iolkos.
www.theoi.com /Pontios/NereisThetis2.html   (4225 words)

  
 Thetis * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
Thetis was given to Peleus (a mortal) for his undying devotion to the gods on Mount Olympos (Olympus).
The disgrace to his friend’s body and the theft of his armor brought Akhilleus into the battle, but not before Thetis could persuade Hephaistos to forge new armor for her, soon to be immortalized, son.
After Akhilleus had had his revenge, Thetis led a procession of her sisters up from the depths to morn openly and to cast a divine mist over the body of Patroklos.
www.messagenet.com /myths/bios/thetis.html   (1861 words)

  
 US Revenue Cutter Thetis
She was the daughter of the sea god Nereus and the mother of the Trojan War hero Achilles.
The Revenue cutter Thetis was built by Alexander Stephen and Son of Dundee, Scotland in 1881 as a whaler.
The Thetis returned to San Francisco 7 January 1913 and proceeded to Mare Island where she remained until March 6th, when she proceeded to Laysan Island and returned the Agriculture Department party to Honolulu on March 14th.
www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Thetis_1899.html   (1051 words)

  
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of Thetis I. 934002 70.51517 -150.10117 19930413 55 65 129.1 548.8 419.7 0.58 0.256 14.43 1.5 km SE.
of Thetis I. 934002 70.51517 -150.10117 19930413 75 85 129.5 533.2 403.7 0.6 0.111 6.71 1.5 km SE.
of Thetis I. 934002 70.51517 -150.10117 19930414 0 10 130.6 524.7 394.1 0.61 7.593 476.54 1.5 km SE.
pubs.usgs.gov /of/1995/of95-070/core/raw/table3.txt   (956 words)

  
 Saturn's Moon Tethys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The view was obtained using the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at a distance of approximately 19,000 kilometers (11,800 miles) from Tethys and at a Sun-Tethys-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 17 degrees.
The images for this view were obtained using the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at distances ranging from approximately 18,400 to 19,000 kilometers (11,400 to 11,800 miles) from Tethys and at a Sun-Tethys-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 17 degrees.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 19, 2005, at a distance of approximately 2.7 million kilometers (1.7 million miles) from Saturn.
www.solarviews.com /eng/tethys.htm   (2473 words)

  
 Travels with S/Y Thetis 98: Alonnisos to Skyros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This document contains the logs of the fifth leg of the return trip with S/Y Thetis from the Greek Aegean island of Samos, to her base in Glyfada, near Athens.
I then brought the zodiac next to Thetis and put most of the chain on Thetis' deck while the anchor was still in the zodiac.
The same Lycomedes hid Achilles as a favor to Thetis, Achilles' mother, so that he could avoid going to the Trojan War.
home.att.net /~vasilis/Thetis98/ToSkyros/ToSkyros.html   (2691 words)

  
 ART / 4 / 2DAY
Like Thetis, Mlle de Matignon, of old Norman nobility, had been married off against her will to a social inferior: Colbert, her husband's father and the great Minister of the King, was the son of a draper.
The goddess's husband, Peleus, had to rape Thetis to 'beget on her the great Achilles', the most celebrated Greek hero of the Trojan War.
The painting's brilliant effect depends in large measure on the vast expanse of Thetis' best ultramarine-blue cloak, contrasting wonderfully with the coral and pearls in her hair, and the mauves and greens of Achilles' garments.
www.safran-arts.com /42day/art/art4nov/art1117.html   (5441 words)

  
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The Thetis is often suggested as a good candidate for patroling the Southern and Indian Oceans because of its lower costs but it isn't a Frigate and shouldn't be mistaken for one.
There are fewer combat systems on the Thetis to maintain (elimination of the Mk 13 missile launchers on the OHP's is a cost-saving move).
MilesDei Thetis 2/17/2004 12:15:24 PM I looked up the Thetis class in my 2002 edition of Jane'Warships Recognition Guide and another reference book and both gave the full load displacement as 3500 tons and the armament as one 76mm gun, one or two 20mm AA guns, and two depth charge racks.
www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/8-2098.asp   (2041 words)

  
 Hogwarts
as Thetis, ocean goddess and queen of the dreamscape during the era of seafaring races.
Asteroid 17 Thetis, daughter of Nereus and Doris, was a marine deity, given in marriage to Peleus when Zeus and Poseidon failed to woo her.
All the immortals were invited to the wedding of Thetis and her mortal husband Peleus, except Eris (Discord) who avenged herself by tossing into their midst the golden apple that was to be the cause of so much misery.
www.thediviningnation.com /hogwarts.htm   (1590 words)

  
 Prairie Inn Harriers' Thetis Lake 20km Relay
Schools, clubs, competitive and recreational runners and walkers are welcome to join the fun at Thetis Lake Park.
Thetis Lake Park, Main Beach, Victoria, BC, at the end of Six Mile Road off the Old Island Highway.
A special Adidas commemorative technical shirt will be presented after the final race to the first 50 runners who participate in the Thetis Lake 20K Relay on November 11, the Gunner Shaw 10K Cross Country Classic on November 24 and the Stewart Mountain 10 Mile Cross Country Challenge on December 8, 2007.
pih.bc.ca /thetis-lake-relays.html   (506 words)

  
 Asteroidal & Planetary Occultation Updates through June, some later
June 17, 1999 CJ67: The star is SAO 184197 = HIP 79302, spec.
June 28, Thetis: The star is SAO 161015, spectral type B8.
June 30: This is the first of 5 asteroidal occultation paths that cross California during a 1-week period; see the next event.
iota.jhuapl.edu /mp616.htm   (915 words)

  
 17 Thetis - Wikipedia
Teti (17 Thetis) è un piccolo asteroide della fascia principale.
Teti fu il primo dei ventiquattro asteroidi scoperti dall'astronomo tedesco Karl Theodor Robert Luther; venne individuato il 17 aprile 1852 all'Osservatorio di Düsseldorf, in Germania, di cui Luther era direttore dal 1851.
Un'occultazione stellare di Thetis è stata osservata da Umatilla (Oregon, USA) il 19 maggio 1999, ma durante l'evento non sono state raccolte informazioni significative sulla natura del corpo.
it.wikipedia.org /wiki/17_Thetis   (165 words)

  
 Dawn Classrooms
He discovered 48 Doris and 49 Pales on the same night, September 17, 1857.
The surviving records are not sufficient to decide who was the actual inventor of the telescope, but Lippershey's patent application is the earliest record of an actually existing telescope.
Theodore Robert Luther (1822-1900), professional astronomer at the Municipal Observatory in Düesseldorf, Germany, discovered 17 Thetis in 1852.
dawn.jpl.nasa.gov /DawnClassrooms/1_hist_dawn/bio_review.asp   (3956 words)

  
 phpMyChat - Default - February 11, 2003
Thetis - after I'd kissed off Kalypso, I think I'd be all or nothing
Thetis - I was thinking of being washed up in boxes, but sometimes the jumping off a cliff doesn't look too bad, either
Thetis - she is the most dangerous - she tempted even you!
www.greekmyth.org /chat_save_02112003.htm   (3005 words)

  
 FedoraForum.org - HOW TO : Linux on Toshiba M45 S331
Mar 19 15:47:52 thetis kernel: yenta_cardbus: probe of 0000:05:06.0 failed with error -16
Mar 19 15:47:52 thetis kernel: [] ohci_devctl+0x361/0x500 [ohci1394]
Mar 19 15:47:52 thetis kernel: Disabling IRQ #11
www.fedoraforum.org /forum/showthread.php?p=223328   (2356 words)

  
 IOTA Document
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05/19/99 (17) thetis sao 80067 8.8 umatilla, or t.
stoffaire 0 1 0 06/18/03 (85) io tyc 05301006 11.3 clear lake, texas paul maley 1 0 0 06/24/03 (124) alkeste beta virginis 3.6 australia, nz 19 observers 2 17 0 loader 2003 06/26/03 (976) sao 161454 9.4 pendleton, or steve preston 1 0 0 benjamina 06/28/03 (709) tyc 52440182 11.4 reedy creek, qld., j.
www.lunar-occultations.com /iota/asteroids/obserlst.htm   (7036 words)

  
 Classics 28 Chat - March 11, 2003
Thetis: It's under the same category as the Odyssey, but I don't really remember much from lecture about it...
Note that Zeus does not *change* Themis, or create her - he simply goes with her, as a mate.
I think thetis was the one who married perseus right?
www.greekmyth.org /chat_save_03112003.html   (2984 words)

  
 16 Psyche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is estimated to contain 0.6 percent of the mass of the entire asteroid belt
It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852 from Naples and named after the Greek nymph Psyche.
Psyche appears to be a genuine case of an exposed metallic core from a larger differentiated parent body.
en.wikipedia.org /?title=16_Psyche   (451 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Rameau: Cantates Profanes, Concert Pieces / Coin, Limoges Baroque Ensemble: Music: Jean-Philippe ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Thetis: Recit: Muses, Dans Vos Divins Concerts - Bernard Deletre
Thetis: Air: Volez, Tyrans Des Airs - Bernard Deletre
Thetis: Recit: Neptune En Ce Moment - Bernard Deletre
www.amazon.com /Rameau-Cantates-Profanes-Concert-Ensemble/dp/B00000IOCQ   (997 words)

  
 Thetis (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thetis is a sea nymph in Greek mythology.
HMS Thetis, the name of twelve ships Royal Navy ships
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thetis_(disambiguation)   (81 words)

  
 RASNZ Occultation Section - Planetary Occultation Astrometric updates - 2004
(265) Anna / TYC 7884-00333-1 event on 2004 Oct 17
(17) Thetis / 2UCAC 22763290 event on 2004 Sep 24
(17) Thetis / TYC 6255-01403-1 event on 2004 Jun 28
occsec.wellington.net.nz /planet/2004/plnupdte04.htm   (2605 words)

  
 What happened on April 17th
Holidays Which Occur April 17: American Samoa Flag Day (1900) Burma New Years Cambodia CGDK-Independence Day (1975) Democratic Kampuchea Day of Great Victory Japan Children's Protection Day NYC Verrazano Day (1524) Syria Evacuation Day/Independence Day (1946)
Things to Remember for April 17: Flower-Sweet Pea and Daisy Gem-Diamond America's Heartland Development Month-Cancer Control Month International Guitar Month-Pets are Wonderful Month National Cable Month (1987)-Keep America Beautiful-Math Month National Frozen Food-Weight Loss-Humor-Child Abuse-Month 2 Days Astrological sign: Aires
Your Special Reminders for April 17: 107th day of year with 258 days left (Numerology = 3) and 1875 27øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC and 1976 91øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
www.electricscotland.com /history/today/0417.htm   (125 words)

  
 Zeus (References) * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
01.353...Akhilleus (Achilles) prays aloud to his mother, Thetis, and says that since he is to have a short life Zeus should give him honor
01.398...Akhilleus (Achilles) reminds his mother, Thetis, of the time she summoned Briareos (Briareus) to free Zeus from the shackles which Hera, Athene (Athena) and Poseidon had put on him
18.118...Akhilleus (Achilles) speaks to his mother, Thetis, and says that he will accept his fate because not even the strength of Herakles (Heracles), the son of Zeus, could avert the anger of Hera
www.messagenet.com /myths/bios/zeusiliad.html   (17391 words)

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