In Greek mythology, Tethys was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus and Gaia, the sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. Although Tethys had no a
Mosaic (detail) of Tethys from Alexandretta
Mosaic (detail) of Tethys, from Philipopolis (modern Shahba, Syria), fourth-century AD, Shahba Museum.
Detail of Tethys attending the wedding of Peleus and Thetis on an Attic black-figure dinos by Sophilos, c. 600–550 BC, British Museum 971.11–1.1.
Mosaic (detail) of Tethys and Oceanus, excavated from the House of Menander, Daphne (modern Harbiye, Turkey), third century AD, Hatay Archaeology Museum 1013.
In Greek mythology, the Titans were the deities who preceded the Olympians. According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial deities Uranus and Gaia. The six male T
Tethys (mythology)
…In Greek mythology, Tethys (; Ancient Greek: Τηθύς, romanized: Tēthýs) was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), the sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. Although…
The Fall of the Titans (1596–98), a mythological painting by Dutch painter Cornelis van Haarlem.
The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn: fresco by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi, c. 1560 (Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio)
Rhea presenting Cronus the stone wrapped in cloth
"Fall of the Titans". Oil on canvas by Jacob Jordaens, 1638.