Jupiter thereupon desisted from his suit, and Thetis was betrothed to Peleus, king of Thessaly. […] This princess had been endowed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, but as she refused afterwards to listen to the suit of that god, he decreed that no one should attach any credit to her predictions. […] Achilles’ armor, which he had lent to Patroclus, had become the spoil of Hector, and it was upon this occasion that Vulcan fabricated for the hero, the famous suit which is described in the Iliad. […] His suit was granted; but when he was about to depart with his bride, Icarus was so much grieved, that he tried to persuade Penelope to remain with him, and not accompany her husband to Ithaca. […] She had rejected the suit of Apollo, and the god refused, therefore, to withdraw his gift or mitigate the severity of her lot.