Metis

Summary

Metis is an Oceanids^[1]. Metis ranks in the top 10% of oceanids entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (946 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Metis's father was Oceanus^[3].
• Metis's mother was Tethys^[4].
• Metis was married to Zeus^[5].
• A child of Metis was Athena^[6].
• A child of Metis was Laas^[7].
• A child of Metis was Porus^[8].
• A child of Metis was Minerva^[9].
• Metis's image is recorded as Winged goddess Louvre F32.jpg^[10].
• Metis is recorded as female^[11].
• Metis's instance of is recorded as Oceanids^[12].
• Metis's instance of is recorded as water deity^[13].
• Metis's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 74970848^[14].
• Metis's GND ID is recorded as 130958131^[15].
• Metis's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2002010257^[16].
• Metis's Commons category is recorded as Metis (mythology)^[17].
• Metis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c533^[18].
• Metis's worshipped by is recorded as Ancient Greek religion^[19].
• Metis's Rodovid ID is recorded as 26836^[20].
• Metis's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[21].
• Metis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Metis's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Metis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Metis's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[25].
• Metis's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 2751^[26].
• Metis's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Μῆτις'}^[27].

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Origins and Family

Metis's father was Oceanus^[3]. Metis's mother was Tethys^[4].

Personal Life

Metis was married to Zeus^[5]. Children include Athena^[6], a goddess^[28]; Laas^[7], a mythological Greek character^[29]; Porus^[8], a daemon^[30]; and Minerva^[9], a goddess^[31].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Metis include Metis^[32], a moon of Jupiter^[33] and 9 Metis^[34], an asteroid^[35].

Why It Matters

Metis ranks in the top 10% of oceanids entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (946 views/month).^[2] Metis has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Metis is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Metis include Metis^[32], a moon of Jupiter^[33] and 9 Metis^[34], an asteroid^[35].

FAQs

Who were Metis's parents?

Metis's father was Oceanus^[3]. Metis's mother was Tethys^[4].

Who was Metis married to?

Metis's spouses include Zeus^[5].