Once there was a great ceremony to celebrate the marriage of Peleus and Thetis.

珀琉斯和忒提丝曾经有一场盛大的婚礼仪式。

At this time the king of Thessaly married Thetis, a goddess of the sea.

此时，塞萨利国王和海洋女神忒提斯结婚。

However, when Thetis dipped Achilles in the river, she held him by the heel, which alone remained untouched by the magic water.

但是，当忒提斯把阿喀琉斯放进河里的时候，她是提着他的脚后跟放进去的，这是唯一没被那神奇的河水浸没的地方。

Achilles then goes to his mother, a sea-nymph called Thetis, who  convinces Zeus to let the Trojans win for a while.

阿喀琉斯然后去找他的母亲，一个名叫忒提斯的海仙女，她说服宙斯让特洛伊人暂时获胜。

His mother, Thetis, goddess of the sea, heard his cry and came and laid her hand on his head and asked, Why weepest thou, my son?

他的妈妈是海之女神忒提丝，听到了他的哭声，将她的手放在头上问，我的儿子为什么哭？

Unknown to Zeus,   the Fates — three goddesses of destiny —had issued a prophecy that any child of Thetis would be more  famous and powerful than its father.

宙斯不知道，命运女神——三位命运女神——已经发布了一个预言，即忒提斯的任何孩子都将比其父亲更有名、更有力量。