Behind Every ‘Great’ Man… Metis, Thetis, and the Power of Prophecy

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The stories of Zeus and two goddesses defined by prophecies and patriarchy. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions and get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Hesiod's Theogony, translated by HG Evelyn-White; Pindar's Isthmian Ode 8, translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien; Nemean Ode 4 from Theoi.com; Maciej Paprocki's "The Rape and Binding of Thetis in Its Mythological Context" from The Staying Power of Thetis.

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1:55.2	Now Zeus, King of the Gods, made Matus, his first wife, and she was wisest among gods and mortal men.
1:56.8	But when she was about to bring forth the goddess, bright-eyed Athena, Zeus craftily deceived her
2:03.5	with cunning words and put her in his own belly, as earth and starry heaven advised. For they
2:10.8	advised him so to the end that no other should hold royal sway over the eternal gods in place of Zeus, for very wise children
2:21.3	were destined to be born of her. First, the maiden bright-eyed Tritogania, equal to her father
2:28.3	in strength and in wise understanding. But afterwards she was to bear a son of overbearing spirit king of gods and men.
2:39.2	But Zeus put her into his belly first that the goddess might devise for him both good and evil.
2:48.4	Next he married Bright Themis, who bore the Horai, the seasons, Unomia, order,
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