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subject	book bibliographic info
metis	Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 218 Bremmer (2008), Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East, 79 Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 19 Kirichenko (2022), Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age, 68 Miller and Clay (2019), Tracking Hermes, Pursuing Mercury, 84 Munn (2006), The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion. 32, 35 Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro, (2021), The Gods of the Greeks, 205, 206 Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020), Athens II: Athens in Late Antiquity, 332 Trott (2019), Aristotle on the Matter of Form: ? Feminist Metaphysics of Generation, 129, 130 de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 36, 224, 252, 386, 419
metis, of athena	Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 11, 12
metis, μήτις, senses of	Toloni (2022), The Story of Tobit: A Comparative Literary Analysis, 57

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4 validated results for "metis"

1. Hesiod, Theogony, 71, 463-464, 467, 550, 881-904, 907, 912-915, 918, 921, 923-929 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Athena, metis of • Metis • swallowing, Zeus’ swallowing of Metis

Found in books: Alvarez (2018), The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 121; Bremmer (2008), Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East, 79; Goldhill (2022), The Christian Invention of Time: Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity, 28; Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 12; Kirichenko (2022), Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age, 68; Munn (2006), The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion. 35; Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 18, 52, 66, 81, 242; Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro, (2021), The Gods of the Greeks, 206; de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 224

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71 νισσομένων πατέρʼ εἰς ὅν· ὃ δʼ οὐρανῷ ἐμβασιλεύει, ⁴⁶³ πεύθετο γὰρ Γαίης τε καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος,'⁴⁶⁴ οὕνεκά οἱ πέπρωτο ἑῷ ὑπὸ παιδὶ δαμῆναι ⁴⁶⁷ παῖδας ἑοὺς κατέπινε· Ῥέην δʼ ἔχε πένθος ἄλαστον. ⁵⁵⁰ Φῆ ῥα δολοφρονέων· Ζεὺς δʼ ἄφθιτα μήδεα εἰδὼς ⁸⁸¹ αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥα πόνον μάκαρες θεοὶ ἐξετέλεσσαν, ⁸⁸² Τιτήνεσσι δὲ τιμάων κρίναντο βίηφι, ⁸⁸³ δή ῥα τότʼ ὤτρυνον βασιλευέμεν ἠδὲ ἀνάσσειν ⁸⁸⁴ Γαίης φραδμοσύνῃσιν Ὀλύμπιον εὐρύοπα Ζῆν ⁸⁸⁵ ἀθανάτων· ὃ δὲ τοῖσιν ἑὰς διεδάσσατο τιμάς. ⁸⁸⁶ Ζεὺς δὲ θεῶν βασιλεὺς πρώτην ἄλοχον θέτο Μῆτιν ⁸⁸⁷ πλεῖστα τε ἰδυῖαν ἰδὲ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων. ⁸⁸⁸ ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἄρʼ ἔμελλε θεὰν γλαυκῶπιν Ἀθήνην ⁸⁸⁹ τέξεσθαι, τότʼ ἔπειτα δόλῳ φρένας ἐξαπατήσας ⁸⁹⁰ αἱμυλίοισι λόγοισιν ἑὴν ἐσκάτθετο νηδὺν ⁸⁹¹ Γαίης φραδμοσύνῃσι καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος. ⁸⁹² τὼς γάρ οἱ φρασάτην, ἵνα μὴ βασιληίδα τιμὴν ⁸⁹³ ἄλλος ἔχοι Διὸς ἀντὶ θεῶν αἰειγενετάων. ⁸⁹⁴ ἐκ γὰρ τῆς εἵμαρτο περίφρονα τέκνα γενέσθαι· ⁸⁹⁵ πρώτην μὲν κούρην γλαυκώπιδα Τριτογένειαν ⁸⁹⁶ ἶσον ἔχουσαν πατρὶ μένος καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν. ⁸⁹⁷ αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ ἄρα παῖδα θεῶν βασιλῆα καὶ ἀνδρῶν ⁸⁹⁸ ἤμελλεν τέξεσθαι, ὑπέρβιον ἦτορ ἔχοντα· ⁸⁹⁹ ἀλλʼ ἄρα μιν Ζεὺς πρόσθεν ἑὴν ἐσκάτθετο νηδύν, ⁹⁰⁰ ὡς δή οἱ φράσσαιτο θεὰ ἀγαθόν τε κακόν τε. ⁹⁰¹ δεύτερον ἠγάγετο λιπαρὴν Θέμιν, ἣ τέκεν Ὥρας, ⁹⁰² Εὐνουμίην τε Δίκην τε καὶ Εἰρήνην τεθαλυῖαν, ⁹⁰³ αἳ ἔργʼ ὠρεύουσι καταθνητοῖσι βροτοῖσι, ⁹⁰⁴ Μοίρας θʼ, ᾗ πλείστην τιμὴν πόρε μητίετα Ζεύς, ⁹⁰⁷ τρεῖς δέ οἱ Εὐρυνομη Χάριτας τέκε καλλιπαρῄους, ⁹¹² αὐτὰρ ὁ Δήμητρος πολυφόρβης ἐς λέχος ἦλθεν, ⁹¹³ ἣ τέκε Περσεφόνην λευκώλενον, ἣν Ἀιδωνεὺς ⁹¹⁴ ἥρπασε ἧς παρὰ μητρός· ἔδωκε δὲ μητίετα Ζεύς. ⁹¹⁵ μνημοσύνης δʼ ἐξαῦτις ἐράσσατο καλλικόμοιο, ⁹¹⁸ Λητὼ δʼ Ἀπόλλωνα καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ἰοχέαιραν, ⁹²¹ λοισθοτάτην δʼ Ἥρην θαλερὴν ποιήσατʼ ἄκοιτιν· ⁹²³ μιχθεῖσʼ ἐν φιλότητι θεῶν βασιλῆι καὶ ἀνδρῶν. ⁹²⁴ αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκ κεφαλῆς γλαυκώπιδα Τριτογένειαν ⁹²⁵ δεινὴν ἐγρεκύδοιμον ἀγέστρατον Ἀτρυτώνην ⁹²⁶ πότνιαν, ᾗ κέλαδοί τε ἅδον πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε, ⁹²⁷ Ἥρη δʼ Ἥφαιστον κλυτὸν οὐ φιλότητι μιγεῖσα ⁹²⁸ γείνατο, καὶ ζαμένησε καὶ ἤρισε ᾧ παρακοίτῃ, ⁹²⁹ Ἥφαιστον, φιλότητος ἄτερ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο, ⁹²⁹ Μῆτις δʼ αὖτε Ζηνὸς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοις λελαθυῖα ⁹²⁹ ἀθανάτων ἐκέκασθʼ οἳ Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχουσιν, ⁹²⁹ αἰγίδα ποιήσασα φοβέστρατον ἔντος Ἀθήνης· ⁹²⁹ αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Τηθύος ἠυκόμοιο ⁹²⁹ δείσας, μὴ τέξῃ κρατερώτερον ἄλλο κεραυνοῦ. ⁹²⁹ ἔνθα θεὰ παρέδεκτο ὅθεν παλάμαις περὶ πάντων ⁹²⁹ ἐκ πάντων παλάμῃσι κεκασμένον Οὐρανιώνων· ⁹²⁹ ἐκ ταύτης δʼ ἔριδος ἣ μὲν τέκε φαίδιμον υἱὸν ⁹²⁹ ἐξαπαφὼν Μῆτιν καίπερ πολυδήνεʼ ἐοῦσαν. ⁹²⁹ ἧστο, Ἀθηναίης μήτηρ, τέκταινα δικαίων ⁹²⁹ κάππιεν ἐξαπίνης· ἣ δʼ αὐτίκα Παλλάδʼ Ἀθήνην ⁹²⁹ κούρῃ νόσφʼ Ἥρης παρελέξατο καλλιπαρήῳ, ⁹²⁹ κύσατο· τὴν μὲν ἔτικτε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε ⁹²⁹ πὰρ κορυφὴν Τρίτωνος ἐπʼ ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο. ⁹²⁹ πλεῖστα θεῶν τε ἰδυῖα καταθνητῶν τʼ ἀνθρώπων, ⁹²⁹ σὺν τῇ ἐγείνατό μιν πολεμήια τεύχεʼ ἔχουσαν. ⁹²⁹ συμμάρψας δʼ ὅ γε χερσὶν ἑὴν ἐγκάτθετο νηδὺν ⁹²⁹ τοὔνεκά μιν Κρονίδης ὑψίζυγος αἰθέρι ναίων ⁹²⁹ Ἥρη δὲ ζαμένησε καὶ ἤρισε ᾧ παρακοίτῃ. ⁹²⁹ ἐκ πάντων τέχνῃσι κεκασμένον Οὐρανιώνων. ' None

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71 The Graces and Desire dwelt quite free ⁴⁶³ Phoebe brought forth Asterie, aptly named,'⁴⁶⁴ Whom Perseus took to his great house and claimed ⁴⁶⁷ He gave her splendid gifts that she might keep ⁵⁵⁰ Behind him, safe and sound, and soon one day ⁸⁸¹ of Chaos. But the glorious allie ⁸⁸² of thunderous Zeus dwell where the Ocean lies, ⁸⁸³ Even Cottus and Gyes. But Briareus, ⁸⁸⁴ Because he is upright, the clamorou ⁸⁸⁵ Earth-Shaker made his son-in-law, for he ⁸⁸⁶ Gave him in marriage to his progeny ⁸⁸⁷ Cymopolea. When Zeus, in the war, ⁸⁸⁸ Drove the Titans out of Heaven, huge Earth bore ⁸⁸⁹ Her youngest child Typhoeus with the aid ⁸⁹⁰ of golden Aphrodite, who had bade ⁸⁹¹ Her lie with Tartarus. In everything ⁸⁹² He did the lad was strong, untiring ⁸⁹³ When running, and upon his shoulders spread ⁸⁹⁴ A hundred-headed dragon, full of dread, ⁸⁹⁵ Its dark tongues flickering, and from below ⁸⁹⁶ His eyes a flashing flame was seen to glow; ⁸⁹⁷ And from each head shot fire as he glared ⁸⁹⁸ And from each head unspeakable voices blared: ⁸⁹⁹ Sometimes a god could understand the sound ⁹⁰⁰ They made, but sometimes, echoing around, ⁹⁰¹ A bull, unruly, proud and furious, ⁹⁰² Would sound, sometimes a lion, mercile ⁹⁰³ At heart, sometimes – most wonderful to hear – ⁹⁰⁴ The sound of whelps was heard, sometimes the ear ⁹⁰⁷ Something beyond all help would have that day ⁹¹² Wide Heaven and the streams of Oceanus, ⁹¹³ And at his feet the mighty Heaven reeled ⁹¹⁴ As he arose. The earth groaned, thunder pealed ⁹¹⁵ And lightning flashed, and to the dark-blue sea, ⁹¹⁸ Came heat, the whole earth seething in revolt ⁹²¹ of gods. An endless shaking, too, arose, ⁹²³ Who are deceased, shook, and the Titan horde ⁹²⁴ Beneath that Hell, residing with the lord ⁹²⁵ Cronus, shook too at the disharmony ⁹²⁶ And dreadful clamour. When his weaponry, ⁹²⁷ Thunder and lightning, Zeus had seized, his might ⁹²⁸ Well-shored, from high Olympus he took flight, ⁹²⁹ Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy, ' None

2. None, None, nan (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Metis

Found in books: Goldhill (2022), The Christian Invention of Time: Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity, 28; Munn (2006), The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion. 35; Trott (2019), Aristotle on the Matter of Form: ? Feminist Metaphysics of Generation, 129

3. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Metis • swallowing, Zeus’ swallowing of Metis

Found in books: Alvarez (2018), The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries, 52, 53, 121; de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 224, 386

4. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Metis • swallowing, Zeus’ swallowing of Metis

Found in books: Alvarez (2018), The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries, 53, 56, 63, 71; de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 36, 224, 252, 419

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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