In
Greek mythology, Meta (
Ancient Greek: Μήταν "beyond") was the daughter of
Hoples who became the first wife of
Aegeus, king of
Athens.[1] She bore no child to the king thus he married another woman named
Chalciope, daughter of
Rhexenor or
Chalcodon, who also could not give him an heir to the throne. Eventually, the hero
Theseus became
Aegeus' first born by
Aethra after the Athenian ruler was made drunk by
Pittheus, the maiden's daughter. In other traditions Meta was called Mellite.[2]