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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 born out of his head; accordingly her name means wisdom or cleverness.

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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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