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What did Thetis do in the Trojan war?
Thetis largely helped her son Achilles achive his wish of glory.
What does Thetis prophesy about her son?
That she will one day bear a son more famous than his own father.
What was the the story Thetis told Achilles about helping Zeus?
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.
What purpose did oracle bones serve the priests?
The oracle bones helped the priests tell the future.
What was the name of the river Achilles was dipped in?
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.
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