MarbleHead
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When Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis, he eventually birthed Athena (rather painfully) through his head, but was there a son as well that never made it out? I ask because of this ...
Zeus lay with Metis but immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear extremely powerful children: the first, Athena and the second, a son more powerful than Zeus himself, who would eventually overthrow Zeus.
Hera was the mother of Ares, so maybe there was one left behind in the belly of Zeus with Metis?
Thanks!
Zeus lay with Metis but immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear extremely powerful children: the first, Athena and the second, a son more powerful than Zeus himself, who would eventually overthrow Zeus.
Hera was the mother of Ares, so maybe there was one left behind in the belly of Zeus with Metis?
Thanks!