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THETIS THE MOTHER
While THETIS obtaining a new Shield and set of armour for her son Achilleus is a popular theme in Greek Roman and later art let us give some thought as to why Hephaestus was so willing to help her.
Art dealing with this topic seems to have been lost but Thetis and her Nereid sisters acted as a foster mother to both Hephaestus and Dionysious.
It may well be that some art thought to depict the return of Hephaestus to Olympus actually are depictions of Hephaestus riding to Thetis' wedding ?
Note in this image Hephaestus wears a wreath and his half brother Dionysious is next to him?
She's also shown as the Mother mourning her son
But let us end again with Thetis the Mother riding her seahorse to carry a new shield to her son.
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