Zeus Lovers - Agdistis was a demon with two sexual organs, male and female.
The gods cut off the male organ and an almond tree grew up from it, the fruit of which was taken by Sangarius' Daughter who became pregnant. Agdistis is born from Zeus' Seed.
- Alcmena was the last mortal woman with whom Zeus lay. Zeus took the form of Amphitryon (her husband) to deceive her. When Heracles, Zeus' child by her, was about to be born, Zeus declared among the gods that the descendant of Perseus then about to be born would reign over Mycenae, and Hera, out of jealousy, persuaded Ilithyia to retard Alcmena's delivery, and contrived that Eurystheus should be born a seven-month child, and thus he became king of Mycenae.
- Antiope was loved by Zeus and gave birth to twins: Amphion and Zethus, who became rulers in Thebes. Zeus took the shape of a Satyr to approach her.
- Asteria tried in vain to escape the amorous advances of Zeus and was turned into a quail by him. Heracles, chiefly worshipped at Tyre, is father of the Tyrian Nymph Carthago.
- Because Zeus made love to Leto, she was hunted over the whole earth by Hera, until she came to Delos where she gave birth to Apollo and Artemis.
- Niobe 1 was the first mortal woman with whom Zeus consorted. She is a daughter of Phoroneus, who is said to be the first man. Argus 5 became king and called the Peloponnesus after himself Argos.
- Some say Zeus had intercourse with Persephone, approaching her in the form of a spotted snake.
- Zeus also changed his form when he consorted with Mnemosyne, assuming that of a shepherd. Mnemosyne (Memory), mother of the MUSES, discovered the uses of the power of reason and gave a designation to every object.
- Zeus fell in love with Semele and consorted with her, but Semele died. some say, because of the jealousy of Hera. However, after Semele's death Zeus carried the unborn child, Dionysus, in his thigh.
- Zeus fell in love with a Phoenician princess called Europa and having taken the form of a bull, Zeus carried her off and took her across the sea to the island of Crete. She bore sons who became famous both in this world and in the next, for Minos 2 became king of Crete and, since his death, delivers judgement to the dead in Hades, while Rhadamanthys acts as a judge in Hades, along with his brother and Aeacus.
- Zeus in the form of a swan consorted with Leda, and on the same night Tyndareus lay with her. Polydeuces and Helen, children of Zeus, were born from an egg laid by Leda and Castor 1 and Clytaemnestra were children of Tyndareus. But some say that Helen was a daughter of Nemesis and Zeus and that a shepherd found the egg and brought it to Leda and when Helen was hatched in due time, Leda suckled and nursed her and brought her up.
- Zeus seduced Callisto taking the shape of Artemis. Zeus, who did not wished to be detected by Hera transformed her into a bear, but Hera told Artemis to shoot the wild beast. However some say that Artemis shot the bear because Callisto had not kept her promise concerning her maidenhood, and that it was Hera who turned her into a bear. When Callisto died Zeus took the baby Arcas and gave him to Maia for upbringing. Callisto he transformed into the constellation of the Great Bear [Ursa Major]. The district of Arcadia was named after Arcas
- Zeus seduced Elare but he hid her under the earth for fear of Hera's jealousy.
- Zeus seduced Io while she held the priesthood of Hera, but being detected by Hera he turned Io into a white cow by a touch and swore that he had not known her (consequently it has been remarked that a lover's oaths do not draw down the anger of the gods). ~
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