Tethys
deity water Greek single tradition · 13
In Classical Greek mythology, Tethys is the parent of Tyche.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Archaic period through the Roman period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Automatia, Plutus, Iasion, the Graces, Ocean, Ourea, Erebus, Nox, Nike, Zelus, Kratos, Perias, Iris, Clymene, Idyia, Perseis, Nemesis, Prometheus, Demeter, Agathos Daimon, Aphrodite, Cronus, Pontus, Zeus, Bia, Echidna, Persephone, Pallas, Isis, Helios, Phaethon, Artemis (Diana), Poseidon, Callirhoe, Electra
- parent of
- Tyche, Eurynome, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Asia, Camarina, Dione, Doris, Idyia, Perse, Styx, Alpheus, Metis, Oceanid, Philyra, Asterope (Oceanid)
- consort of
- Oceanus
Mentioned by
- Nemesis
- Prometheus
- Demeter
- Agathos Daimon
- Aphrodite
- Cronus
- Pontus
- Zeus
- Bia
- Echidna
- Persephone
- Pallas
- Isis
- Helios
- Phaethon
- Artemis (Diana)
and 5 more
Sources
Source passages
“She has been described as a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, thus one of the Oceanids, or of Zeus, or even Prometheus. She was connected with Nemesis and Agathos Daimon ("good spirit").”
#10612 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Greek mythology, Asia (Ancient Greek: Ἀσία) was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys. In some accounts, her mother was called Pompholyge and sister of Libye.”
#27737 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“possibly by his sister-wife Tethys”
#27851 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys”
#28107 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“She was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.”
#28123 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001