KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Hesiod, Zeus had seven wives. His first wife was the Oceanid Metis, whom he swallowed on the advice of Gaia and Uranus, so that no son of his by Metis would overthrow him, as had been foretold. Later, their daughter Athena would be born from the forehead of Zeus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metis was the first wife of Zeus, and one of the Titans, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was considered the personification of wisdom, prudence, and deep thought.

Detailed explanation-3: -In some versions of Greek mythology, Zeus ate his wife Metis because it was known that their second child would be more powerful than him. After Metis’s demise, their first child Athena was born when Hephaestus cleaved Zeus’s head open and the goddess of war emerged, fully grown and armed.

Detailed explanation-4: -After Themis, Zeus married another Oceanid. Her name was Eurynome. Like Metis before her, Eurynome was a Titan goddess born from Oceanus and Tethys. Eurynome was often depicted as a beautiful mermaid.