Thetis gave prophesy that she would have a son greater than his father; Zeus and Poseidon did not pursue her afterwards but made it so she would have a son by a mortal. That son was Achilles.
The daughter of Oceanus and Tethys is the sea nymph named Thetis. She is known for being one of Zeus' lovers before he married Hera. Thetis is also famous for being the mother of the hero Achilles.
Asterope: mother of Akragas by Zeus, eponymous king of the town.Dione: mother of Aphrodite and Dionysus.Eurynome: mother of the river god Asopus, and the Charities by Zeus.Metis: "Mother" of Athena, by Zeus who swallowed her.Nemesis: Helene, by Zeus (an allegorical tradition that Zeus begot by Nemesis at Rhamnus an egg, which Leda found, and from which Helena and the Dioscuri sprang, whence Helena herself is called Rhamnusis).Styx: mother of Persephone by Zeus according to Apollodorus.
Zeus likes to rule Mt. Olympus, destroy anyone that went in his way, throwing his lightning bolt, pursuing women that weren't his wives. I guess this is hobby as well?
The major epithets of Zeus are: Zeus Diktaois (Zeus, Keeper of the Tenth Month) Zeus Agetor (Zeus, Leader or Commander) Zeus Panhellanios (Zeus of all Greeks) Zeus Polius (Zeus, Guardian of the City) Zeus Herkeios (Zeus, the Center of Court) Zeus Ktesios (Zeus, Protector of Possessions) Zeus Hyetios (Zeus, Bringer of Storms) Zeus Ombrios (Zeus, Bringer of Rain) Zeus Olympios (Zeus, Overseer of the Olympian Gods) Zeus Panergetos (Zeus All-Achieving) Zeus Sote (Zeus the Savior) Zeus Dikephoros (Zeus, Harmonizer of the Olypian Gods and the Dead) Zeus Teleios (Zeus, Overseer of the Completion of Marriage Rituals)
Zeus is spelled "Zeus" in French as well.
Athena was a child by METIS and Zeus. not thetis.
Because Achilles is the child of Thetis and Zeus, and he owed her one.
No, Thetis was the daughter of Doris and Nereus.
Thetis does not promise anything, but Zeus does promise Thetis that her son Achilles will be honored.
Zeus, whose throne Thetis had protected by summoning the giant Briareus when the gods had sought to bind him.
She promises to ask Zeus to side with the Trojans in the battle.
Thetis was promised that Achilles would have honor and glory.
To shjow why Zeus a powerful god would make a promise and help the Nereid Thetis.
Zeus did not marry Thetis because of a prophecy that stated their offspring would be more powerful than their father. To avoid being overthrown, Zeus arranged for Thetis to marry the mortal Peleus instead, who fathered Achilles.
Hera made Zeus give Thetis to a mortal man as his wife.
No, Achilles is the son of Peleus and Thetis.
The prophesy which stated any child of Thetis would be greater than his father.