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Tethys, from 'The Deities' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 18.17.2-18)

Chiaroscuro woodcut, Hendrick Goltzius, 1588 to 1590, Metropolitan Museum of Art 18.17.2-18

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A chiaroscuro woodcut titled "Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot pulled by two sea creatures," from the series "The Deities," by the Dutch printmaker Hendrick Goltzius, 1588 to 1590. Tethys is shown as Hesiod's Theogony names her, a Titaness, daughter of Uranos and Gaia and wife of her brother Oceanus, mother by him of the rivers and the Oceanid daughters. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints, under accession 18.17.2-18.

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Associated With

Gaia, Deities

This source names Gaia directly: "a Titaness, daughter of Uranos and Gaia and wife of her brother Oceanus, mother by him of the rivers and the Oceanid daughters."

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Gaia, Figures

This source names Gaia directly: "a Titaness, daughter of Uranos and Gaia and wife of her brother Oceanus, mother by him of the rivers and the Oceanid daughters."

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Oceanus, Deities

This source names Oceanus directly: "and Gaia and wife of her brother Oceanus, mother by him of the rivers and the Oceanid daughters."

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Oceanus, Figures

This source names Oceanus directly: "and Gaia and wife of her brother Oceanus, mother by him of the rivers and the Oceanid daughters."

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Tethys, Deities

This source names Tethys directly: "A chiaroscuro woodcut titled "Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot pulled by two sea creatures," from the series "The Deities," by the Dutch printmaker Hendrick Goltzius, 1588 to 1590."

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Uranos, Deities

This source names Uranos directly: "names her, a Titaness, daughter of Uranos and Gaia and wife of her brother Oceanus, mother by him of the rivers and the Oceanid daughters."

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Uranos, Figures

This source names Uranos directly: "names her, a Titaness, daughter of Uranos and Gaia and wife of her brother Oceanus, mother by him of the rivers and the Oceanid daughters."

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Belongs to Tradition

Ancient Greek Religion, Religions
Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depicts

Tethys, Figures

The Met's own title for this woodcut names the subject outright, "Tethys," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.

Source Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Tethys reclining in a giant shell chariot, from 'The Deities,' accession 18.17.2-18 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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