Metis	NP	O
appears	VBZ	O
twice	RB	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
Hesiodic	JJ	O
corpus	NN	O
as	IN	O
an	DT	O
anthropomorphic	JJ	O
goddess	NN	O
,	,	O
who	WP	O
is	VBZ	O
courted	VBN	O
and	CC	O
then	RB	O
ingested	VBN	O
by	IN	O
Zeus	NP	O
.	SENT	O
In	IN	O
the	DT	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Theogony	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
this	DT	O
narrative	NN	O
ends	VBZ	O
with	IN	O
the	DT	O
permanent	JJ	O
stabilization	NN	O
of	IN	O
his	PP$	O
monarchic	JJ	O
rule	NN	O
over	IN	O
gods	NNS	O
and	CC	O
men	NNS	O
.	SENT	O

Here	RB	O
it	PP	O
is	VBZ	O
argued	VBN	O
that	IN	O
the	DT	O
myth	NN	O
of	IN	O
Metis	NP	O
and	CC	O
Zeus	NP	O
most	RBS	O
probably	RB	O
derives	VBZ	O
-	:	O
directly	RB	O
or	CC	O
indirectly	RB	O
-	:	O
from	IN	O
Egyptian	JJ	O
royal	JJ	O
ideology	NN	O
,	,	O
as	IN	O
it	PP	O
is	VBZ	O
expressed	VBN	O
most	RBS	O
emphatically	RB	O
in	IN	O
a	DT	O
series	NN	O
of	IN	O
New	NP	O
Kingdom	NP	O
and	CC	O
later	RBR	O
(	(	O
i.e.	FW	O
1500	CD	O
BCE-200	NP	O
CE	NP	O
)	)	O
texts	NNS	O
and	CC	O
relief	NN	O
sculptures	NNS	O
that	WDT	O
depict	VBP	O
the	DT	O
offering	NN	O
to	TO	O
various	JJ	O
monarchical	JJ	O
male	JJ	O
gods	NNS	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
goddess	NN	O
Maat.	NP	O