god
Tethys
The sea-goddess whose long circuit is the encircling Ocean; all the world her waters wash, Hercules has subdued.
Reading notes
- On Providence §5.10 Tethys
A primeval sea-goddess; in the quoted lines (Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.63–69) the Sun warns Phaethon that even Tethys, who receives him in the western waves, fears he will plunge headlong.
- Hercules (Mad) §898 the long circuit of Tethys
Tethys, the sea-goddess; her circuit is the encircling Ocean, the bound of the world Hercules has tamed.
- Hercules on Oeta §1243 sluggish Tethys
Tethys, ancient sea-goddess, here standing for the ocean.
- Medea §375 Tethys
Ancient sea-goddess, wife of Ocean; in the prophecy she will 'uncover new worlds.'
- Phaedra §564 Tethys
Sea-goddess, wife of Ocean; 'Hesperian Tethys' is the western sea, where the sun sets, not rises.
- The Trojan Women §893 Tethys
The ancient sea-goddess, wife of Ocean; invoked among the sea-powers who will welcome Polyxena.