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Metis [r]: In Greek mythology, the first wife of Zeus; when she became pregnant with the goddess Athena, Zeus swallowed Metis, and eventually Athena was born out of his head; accordingly her name means wisdom or cleverness.

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	~~From~~ [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]], ~~she was~~ the first [[wife]] of [[Zeus]]; when she became [[pregnant]] with the [[Greek god\|goddess]] [[Athena]], Zeus swallowed Metis, and eventually Athena was [[birth\|born]] out of his [[head]]; accordingly her name means [[wisdom]] or cleverness. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship\|scholar]], authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].		In [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]], the first [[wife]] of [[Zeus]]; when she became [[pregnant]] with the [[Greek god\|goddess]] [[Athena]], Zeus swallowed Metis, and eventually Athena was [[birth\|born]] out of his [[head]]; accordingly her name means [[wisdom]] or cleverness.