（ll。929a—929t）（30）ButHerawasveryangryandquarrelledwithhermate。AndbecauseofthisstrifeshebarewithoutunionwithZeuswhoholdstheaegisagloriousson,Hephaestus,whoexcelledallthesonsofHeavenincrafts。ButZeuslaywiththefair—
cheekeddaughterofOceanandTethysapartfromHera……
（（LACUNA））……deceivingMetis（Thought）althoughshewasfullwise。Butheseizedherwithhishandsandputherinhisbelly,forfearthatshemightbringforthsomethingstrongerthanhisthunderbolt:
thereforedidZeus,whositsonhighanddwellsintheaether,swallowherdownsuddenly。ButshestraightwayconceivedPallasAthene:andthefatherofmenandgodsgaveherbirthbywayofhisheadonthebanksoftheriverTrito。AndsheremainedhiddenbeneaththeinwardpartsofZeus,evenMetis,Athena\'smother,workerofrighteousness,whowaswiserthangodsandmortalmen。Therethegoddess（Athena）receivedthat（31）
wherebysheexcelledinstrengthallthedeathlessoneswhodwellinOlympus,shewhomadethehost—scaringweaponofAthena。Andwithit（Zeus）gaveherbirth,arrayedinarmsofwar。