Note 86 — Chapter I · LEGENDS RESPECTING THE GODS.
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Homer, Hymn. Cerer. 274.—
Ὄργια δ᾽ αὐτὴ ἐγὼν ὑποθήσομαι, ὡς ἂν ἔπειτα Εὐαγέως ἕρδοντες ἐμὸν νόον ἱλάσκησθε.
The same story is told in regard to the infant Achilles. His mother Thetis was taking similar measures to render him immortal, when his father Pêleus interfered and prevented the consummation. Thetis immediately left him in great wrath (Apollôn. Rhod. iv. 866).