Metis
First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2
Life events
- Metis gave Cronus a drug that forced him to disgorge the stone and his swallowed children.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
- With: Cronus
- “she gave Cronus a drug to swallow, which forced him to disgorge first the stone and then the children whom he had swallowed”
- Ocean and Tethys produced the Oceanids, including Asia, Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Amphitrite, and Metis.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
- Zeus swallowed pregnant Metis, and Athena emerged fully armed from his head.(Apollodorus, Library 1.3 · 📍 river Triton)
- With: Zeus Earth Prometheus Hephaestus Athena
- “When she was with child, Zeus, taking time by the forelock, swallowed her, because Earth said that, after giving birth to the maiden who was then in her womb, Metis would bear a son who should be the lord of heaven. From fear of that Zeus swallowed her. And when the time came for the birth to take place, Prometheus or, as others say, Hephaestus, smote the head of Zeus with an axe, and Athena, fully armed, leaped up from the top of his head at the river Triton.”
- Zeus swallowed Metis, then gave birth to armed Athene from his head.(Hesiod, Theogony 869-975 · 📍 river Trito)
- With: Zeus Athena
- “But he seized her with his hands and put her in his belly, for fear that she might bring forth something stronger than his thunderbolt: therefore did Zeus, who sits on high and dwells in the aether, swallow her down suddenly. But she straightway conceived Pallas Athene: and the father of men and gods gave her birth by way of his head on the banks of the river Trito.”
Apollodorus, Library 1.2
- parent: Ocean “to Ocean and Tethys were born Oceanids, to wit, Asia , Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Amphitrite, and Metis”
- parent: Tethys “to Ocean and Tethys were born Oceanids, to wit, Asia , Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Amphitrite, and Metis”
- with Zeus (Metis helped Zeus.) “But when Zeus was full-grown, he took Metis, daughter of Ocean, to help him,”
- with Cronus (interaction) “she gave Cronus a drug to swallow”
Apollodorus, Library 1.3
- with Zeus (interaction) “Zeus had intercourse with Metis, who turned into many shapes in order to avoid his embraces.”
- child: Athena “because Earth said that, after giving birth to the maiden who was then in her womb, Metis would bear a son who should be the lord of heaven.”
Hesiod, Theogony 869-975
- married with Zeus “Now Zeus, king of the gods, made Metis his wife first”
- child: Athena “when she was about to bring forth the goddess bright-eyed Athene”
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