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Metis

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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E . wise counsel), in the Greek mythology the daughter of Oceanos and Tethys, and the first wife of Zeus; afraid lest she should give birth to a child wiser and more powerful than himself, he devoured her on the first month of her pregnancy, and some time afterwards being seized with pains, he gave birth to Athena ( q. v .) from his head.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Metis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/metis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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