Talk:Metis (mythology)

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I just fixed a hanging quote for "royal metis" of Zeus (the end quote had been left off), but I had no idea what it was quoting if anything so added a citation-needed tag. If it's a direct quote, does the quote include the "of Zeus"? And if it's not a direct quote, what's it mean? In the passage "royal metis" is contrasted with trickery using magical powers, and so would mean Zeus's lightning bolts etc., but it might also mean royal wisdom and so the quote is unclear and needs a citation. 70.157.33.51 19:29, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Metis wasn't titan. Titans first 12 were: Oceanus Crius Coeus Iapetus Phoebe Tethys Cronus Rhea Themis Mnemosyne Hyperion Theia. In the table Titans is mistake, instead Metis must be Cronus! Change it who can. (from lt wiki Atlantas.)

She was a Titan, actually. Or rather, the daughter of two Titans (and thus technically a Titanness, or at least that's the case in my understanding). And the original goddess of Wisdom. See Hesiod's Theogony. -Elizabennet 04:07, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the first poster here is right. Even though the parents, Oceanus and Tethys, were both Titans, that does not make Metis a Titan. As a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, Metis is technically an Oceanid, according to online sources (Oceanids) as well as my textbook, Classical Myth by Powell. --Nanodeath 18:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Scratch that. I've been informed that while she wasn't one of THE Titans, the Oceanids were Titans, technically. Sorry about that. --Nanodeath 20:58, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, can someone cite a reliable source that states that Metis was turned into a fly before Zeus ate her? I have found a couple sources that agree with what is said [1] [2] but they don't cite their sources either. A source to an original work would be helpful. --Nanodeath 19:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I've modified the opening para. to make the "Titan" reference less cut-and-dried, per objections above. (The telling question is, which is primary, Titans or the twelveness of them?) The "fly" was introduced from the start, by User:Aranel, who hasn't been editing since 2005. Bibliotheke says only that Metis "turned into many shapes in order to avoid his embraces." The fly may be a "logical" interrpolation as easier to swallow than a horse: see "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly..." --Wetman 21:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)