Τηθύς,ύος,ἡ,Tethys, wife of Oceanus, nurse of Hera, Il. 14.201 , 302 ; daughter of Uranus and Gaia, mother of the river-gods and Oceanides, Hes. Th. 136 , 337 , cf. A. Pr. 137 (anap.), Th. 311 (lyr.);
A.
Ὠκεανὸν . . καὶ Τηθὺν ἐποίησαν τῆς γενέσεως πατέρας
Arist. Metaph. 983b30
; taken as type of a very old woman, prob. in Call. Iamb. 1.248 ( Hermes 69.174 ); cf.προτήθυς.
II. in later writers, theSea, Lyc. 1069 , AP 7.214.6 ( Arch. ), Nonn. D. 31.187 , Orph. A. 335 , etc., cf. Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11 , Suid. [ῡin disyll. cases,ῠin trisyll.]