This article focuses on Statius’ representation of Thetis in the Achilleid in comparison with her representation in the Iliad. Statius, it is argued, goes against the Homeric tradition, depicting the goddess with features opposite from those she possesses in Homer. Thetis, generally perceived as a modest and ladylike speaker in the Iliad, employs masculine-gendered rhetoric and becomes offensive in the Achilleid; paternal acts linked to Peleus in the Homeric tradition are in Statius’ poem undertaken by Thetis; Homer’s omniscient and powerful goddess is almost ridiculed in Statius: being obsessed with the impossible, i.e. Achilles’ salvation, she repeatedly fails to achieve a possible delay of his doom. Through this technique, Statius inverts Thetis’ traditional character, creating a heroine that fits perfectly in his unconventional epic of cross-dressing and role-play.

本文着重于Statius在Achilleid中对Thetis的代表与在Iliad中的代表作比较。据认为，Statius违背了荷马传统，描绘的女神的特征与她在荷马所拥有的特征相反。Thetis在伊利亚特（Iliad）通常被认为是谦虚而淑女般的演说家，他采用男性化的修辞，在阿基里德（Achilleid）变得反感; 蒂蒂斯（Statius）在Statius的诗中提到荷马族传统中与培勒斯有关的父系行为。荷马的无所不能和强大的女神几乎在Statius中被嘲笑：被不可能的事物（即阿喀琉斯的救赎）痴迷，她一再未能实现他的厄运的延迟。通过这种技术，Statius颠倒了Thetis的传统角色，创造了一个女主人公，非常适合他的非传统的变装和角色扮演史诗。