Talk:Tethys (moon)
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Density of Tethys given at http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sat_props.html is 1.006 (or 0.991 on their telnet HORIZONS System), everywhere else it's given as 1.21. Anyone have a clue? -- Looxix 22:59 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
Pronunciation
There are two common English pronunciations. Robert Fagles in his translation of The Iliad, and the Oxford English Dictionary, have [TETH-iss], whereas NASA/JPL websites and JE Zimmerman's Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Harper & Row, 1964) have [TEETH-iss]. In either case the th is unvoiced, as in English teeth. kwami
Correction: Fagles might be a typo ("te'-this" is ambiguous). Three other mythological glossaries I've checked have tee'-this. Webster's Third does as well (for a genus of snail). The OED pronunciation teth'-is is for the Tethys Sea, which is the pronunciation I'm more familiar with. --kwami 09:26, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- The adjectival form is Tethyan (teth'-ee-un) per the OED. kwami 08:36, 2005 May 27 (UTC)