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She was Zeus' daughter :-)

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For more elaboration, she was Zeus' daughter, but her mother was the Titan Goddess, Metis. Some versions say Zeus was afraid of Metis bearing son greater than himself (due to a prophecy in which an Oracle said the Metis' first child would be a girl, but the girl's predecessor would be a boy that would overthrow his father. Zeus had done this to his grandfather) so he turned her into a fly and swallowed her. However, he had already seduced her, and she was pregnant with Athena. Zeus complain of headaches, and asked Hephaestus to split open his head. Out popped Athena, fully clothed.

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