Zeus, by Gaia's advice, was elected king of the gods, and he distributed various honors among the gods.Theogony 881–885 (Most, pp. 72, 73). Zeus then married his first wife Metis, but when he learned that Metis was fated to produce a son which might overthrow his rule, by the advice of Gaia and Uranus, Zeus swallowed Metis (while still pregnant with Athena). And so Zeus managed to end the cycle of succession and secure his eternal rule over the cosmos.Theogony 886–900 (Most, pp. 74, 75).
Zeus, by Gaia's advice, was .elected king of the gods, and he distributed various honors among the gods.Theogony 881–885 (Most, pp. 72, 73). Zeus then married his first w:ife Metis, but when. he learned that Metis was fated to produce a son which might overthrow his rule, by the advice of Gaia and Uranu,s, Zeus swallowed Metis (while still pregnant with Athena). And so Zeus managed to end the cycle of succession and secure his eternal rule over the cosmos.Theogony 886–900 (Most, pp. 74, 75).