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Metis was an Oceanid nymph, one of the 3000 daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys, [5] and a sister of the Potamoi (river-gods), which also numbered 3000. Metis gave her cousin Zeus a potion to cause his father Cronus , the supreme ruler of the cosmos, to vomit out his siblings their father had swallowed out of fear of ...
These included Metis, Zeus' first wife, whom Zeus impregnated with Athena and then swallowed; [12] Eurynome, Zeus' third wife, and mother of the Charites; [13] Doris, the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids; [14] Callirhoe, the wife of Chrysaor and mother of Geryon; [15] Clymene, the wife of Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Menoetius ...
The ancient Greeks considered wisdom to be an important virtue, personified as the goddesses Metis and Athena. Metis was the first wife of Zeus, who, according to Hesiod's Theogony, had devoured her pregnant; Zeus earned the title of Mêtieta ("The Wise Counselor") after that, as Metis was the embodiment of wisdom, and he gave birth to Athena ...
Zeus, by Gaia's advice, was elected king of the gods, and he distributed various honors among the gods. [25] Zeus then married his first wife Metis, but when he learned that Metis was fated to produce a son which might overthrow his rule, by the advice of Gaia and Uranus, Zeus swallowed Metis (while still pregnant with Athena). And so Zeus ...
The two remaining Titan sisters, Themis and Mnemosyne, became wives of their nephew Zeus. From Oceanus and Tethys came the three thousand river gods, and three thousand Oceanid nymphs. [3] From Coeus and Phoebe came Leto, another wife of Zeus, and Asteria. [4] From Crius and Eurybia came Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. [5]
These included: Metis, Zeus' first wife, whom Zeus impregnated with Athena and then swallowed; [20] Eurynome, Zeus' third wife, and mother of the Charites; [21] Doris, the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids; [22] Callirhoe, the wife of Chrysaor and mother of Geryon; [23] Clymene, the wife of Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Menoetius ...
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Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.