488-611: Thetis, begs Zeus to honor her son, Achilleus, by turning the battle against the Greeks so they will see that they need him. Afterwards, Zeus’ wife, Hera , bickers with him over his plan, and the lame god, Hephaistos , tries to make peace among them.
What favor does Thetis ask Zeus?
He then meets with his mother, Thetis the sea-nymph, and tells her the whole story of how he has been dishonoured. He asks her to convince Zeus to make the Trojans win for a while, so the Greeks will realize how much they need Achilleus.
What does Thetis on behalf of Achilles ask Zeus for?
With this, Achilles is publicly disgraced and, in anger, withdraws all of his troops from battle. Achilles prays to his divine mother, Thetis, and asks her to persuade Zeus to make the Achaeans lose the battle so they will see that they should not have dishonored him.
What did Thetis do for Zeus?
She saved Zeus when Poseidon, Hera, and Athena revolted against him, and she rescued both Hephaestus and Dionysus from the sea. She had a sanctuary at Sparta.
What did Thetis want?
These events set the Trojan War in motion. Thetis and Peleus had a son, Achilles, the great hero of the Trojan War. When a prophecy revealed he would be a celebrated hero but die young in Troy, Thetis desperately tried to make him immortal.
What does Thetis ask her son Achilles?
His opinion prevails. On Olympos, Thetis calls upon Hephaistos. She tells the god about all that has taken place on the battlefield that day, and she asks him to provide new armor for her son.
What had Achilles requested his mother ask Zeus?
Achilles prays to his mother, the sea-nymph Thetis, to ask Zeus, king of the gods, to punish the Achaeans. He relates to her the tale of his quarrel with Agamemnon, and she promises to take the matter up with Zeus—who owes her a favor—as soon as he returns from a thirteen-day period of feasting with the Aethiopians.
Why did Zeus marry Thetis off?
Thetis was a Sea Nymph admired by Zeus and Poseidon (Remember this for bonus points!) until they discover a prophesy. Her son will be greater than his father. So they decide to marry her off to a mortal, to avoid any danger.
Did Thetis sleep with Zeus?
She is Zeus’ personal secretary whom she also has an affair with. She is also the toxic best friend of Minthe and works with her to bring down Persephone.
Why did Thetis meet Zeus in the Iliad?
Finally, Thetis, Achilles’ goddess mother, goes to Zeus to ask for punishment on Agamemnon and the Achaians for their actions against her son.
What did Achilles mother Thetis implore Zeus to do?
Achilles asks her to go to Zeus and beg him to help the Trojans so that the Greeks will feel pain equal to his. Thetis, happy just that her son has stopped fighting and is thus in less danger of being killed at Troy, agrees and goes off to Olympus.
Who does Thetis ask to make Achilles a new shield?
Hephaestus
Achilles’ new armour
Before he can go out to fight Hector, he has to have new armour made by Hephaestus, the god of metalworking. Here Zeus presents Achilles’ new armour to Thetis, who had persuaded Hephaestus to undertake the task. Behind Thetis one of her sisters holds a spear and greaves.
What does Thetis promise to do for the body of Patroklos Book 19?
Thetis promises to preserve Patroclus’ body so that it will not decompose. She also gives Achilles new armor so that he can fight the Trojans.
What did Thetis want Achilles to be immortal?
Thetis had a mortal son named Achilles, who would go on to become the greatest warrior of the Trojan War. When Thetis discovered that her baby son was mortal, she was devastated. In a bid to make Achilles immortal like her, she dipped him in the River Styx, holding him by the heel.
Why did Zeus marry Thetis off?
Thetis was a Sea Nymph admired by Zeus and Poseidon (Remember this for bonus points!) until they discover a prophesy. Her son will be greater than his father. So they decide to marry her off to a mortal, to avoid any danger.
How did Thetis try to make her son invincible?
In a variant of the myth first recounted in the Achilleid, an unfinished epic written between 94–95 AD by the Roman poet Statius, Thetis tried to make Achilles invulnerable by dipping him in the River Styx (one of the five rivers that run through Hades, the realm of the dead).