METIS |
| Metis : Goddess of wisdom and prudence. Metis was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She became the first wife of Zeus. Zeus persuaded the goddess to give Cronus an emetic, causing Cronus to vomited up Zeus' brothers and sisters. Which resulted in the war of the Titans. When Zeus imprisoned his father in Tartarus, Uranus and Gaea warned him a second child of Metis would be a son and he would in turn overthrow Zeus. Metis who pregnant, was swallowed up Zeus, to prevent this fate from happening. Later, when Metis was Later Zeus was howling from pain , either Hephaestus or Prometheus knew what it was and split Zeus' head opened with an axe. Athena sprang out of Zeus' head, in full armour. Metis remained in Zeus' head and since provide wisdom . |