To shjow why Zeus a powerful god would make a promise and help the Nereid Thetis.
Thetis largely helped her son Achilles achive his wish of glory.
That she will one day bear a son more famous than his own father.
When the goddess Athena and Hera had sought to bind Zeus and take his throne, she had protected Zeus by summoning the giant Briareus who helped him.
The oracle bones helped the priests tell the future.
Achilles' mother, Thetis, dipped him in the Styx River to make him invulnerable, but she was careless not to include the part by which she was holding him - his heel, the only part of his body where he could be wounded. So Achilles died when Paris shot him with his bow and arrows.
Thetis largely helped her son Achilles achive his wish of glory.
When Hephaestus had fallen from Olympus/heaven it was Thetis who helped to raise him and welcomed him in her home.
That she will one day bear a son more famous than his own father.
It helped them defend their cities.
Helped defend it.
it helped them defend their cities....
Davy Crockett
Charlemagne
helped them defend better
He helped Jim Bowie defend the Alamo
Spain
When the goddess Athena and Hera had sought to bind Zeus and take his throne, she had protected Zeus by summoning the giant Briareus who helped him.