It is said (and this is according to a text about greek myths) that the God Zeus lusted after Metis the Titaness and in an attempt to prevent her from giving birth to a son that would end his life, he opened his mouth and ate her. He eventually had this massive headache, and with the help of some friends (At least I am assuming they were) they cracked his head open and out jumped Athene fully armed, and fully grown.
She was then found by the three nymphs of Libya, and raised.
So does this mean she sprang From Zeus' head fully grown and then managed to find a way of reverting back to a child so that she could be raised?
Or did she spring from Zeus' head as a child holding adult sized battle equipment.
In either case why wasn't she put in a juvenile detention centre for harming another person. Actually it was two. Because she also killed her friend Pallas while they were playing.
2007-03-21
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