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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 ...
Metis, the personification of intelligence, was Zeus' first wife, whom Zeus impregnated with Athena and then swallowed. [7] The Oceanid Doris, like her mother Tethys, was an important sea-goddess. [8]
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 ...
Zeus then establishes and secures his realm through the apportionment of various functions and responsibilities to the other gods, and by means of marriage. Finally, by swallowing his first wife Metis, who was destined to produce a son stronger than himself, Zeus is able to put an end to the cycle of succession.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Idyia (Ίδυια), wife of the Colchian king Aeetes, mother of Medea; Leuce, first wife of Hades, became a white poplar tree; Metis, Zeus' first wife, whom Zeus impregnated with Athena and then swallowed; Styx, goddess of the river Styx; Theia, mother of the Cercopes; For a more complete list, see List of Oceanids