Metis
deity water Greek single tradition · 4
Metis is an oceanid and first wife of Zeus. As an oceanid, she is one of the daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She is known for her wisdom and intelligence.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology.
Relationships
- consort of
- Zeus
- co occurs with
- Eros, Penia, Pomona, Clymene, Idyia, Perseis, Tyche, Rhodos, Europa, Asia, Plouto, Ephyra, Hundred-Handers, Themis, Eirene, Leto, Muses, Eunomia, Dike, Mnemosyne, Clotho, Lachesis, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Scylla, Charybdis, Medusa, harpies, sphinxes, Echidna, Stheno, Euryale, Sirens, Amphitrite, Lamia, Callirrhoe, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Styx, Doris, Electra, Oceanid, Callirhoe, Nereids, Gaia, Hades, Cyclops, Cronus, Poseidon, Campe, Apollo, Artemis, Hera, Uranus, Demeter, Persephone, Atropos, Eurynome
Mentioned by
- Scylla
- Charybdis
- Medusa
- harpies
- sphinxes
- Echidna
- Stheno
- Euryale
- Sirens
- Amphitrite
- Lamia
- Callirrhoe
- Eurynome (Queen of the Titans)
- Styx
- Doris
- Electra
and 19 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Metis, an oceanid and first wife of Zeus”
#6881 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Some names, consistent with the Oceanids' charge of having "youths in their keeping", represent things which parents might hope to be bestowed upon their children: Plouto ("Wealth"), Tyche ("Good Fortune"), Idyia ("Knowing"), and Metis ("Wisdom")”
#43471 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Porus was the son of the goddess Metis, but his father is unknown.”
#44932 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“Zeus takes Metis, one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, as his first wife... he swallows her whole...”
#45283 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free