In the Classical era, metis was regarded by Athenians as one of the notable characteristics of the Athenian character. This quality was considered to be highly admirable, the hero Odysseus being the embodiment of it. The Greek word metis meant a quality that combined wisdom and cunning. The Stoic commentators allegorised Metis as the embodiment of 'prudence', 'wisdom' or 'wise counsel', in which form she was inherited by the Renaissance. Metis (/ˈmɛtɪs/ Ancient Greek: Μῆτις, romanized: Mêtis, lit. 'wisdom', 'skill', or 'craft'), in ancient Greek religion, was a mythical goddess, an Oceanid nymph, daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.īy the era of Greek philosophy in the 5th century BC, Metis had become the mother of wisdom and deep thought, but her name originally connoted 'magical cunning' and was as easily equated with the trickster powers of Prometheus as with the 'royal metis' of Zeus. What's in a name : Metis in Greek mythology
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