Myth Weekly May 2014 | Page 3

Lorem Ipsum Spring 2016, Issue 4 ZEUS TELLS ALL Nothing is off limits as Hesiod sits down with Zeus, King of the Gods and Olympus’ leading man, to talk about his status as a legendary lover, and just how he manages to snare so many women. Hesiod: So, Zeus, are these rumours Z: Not that well in the end. Hera about you true, have you really had over Z: Well more than anything it affects found out and sent a gadfly to chase one hundred lovers? my relationships with other women. I her. Wasn’t the most ideal of mean I’ve had to be a little bit sneaky situations I’ll admit, but it all turned at times. out okay in the end. I hear she’s in Zeus: Yeah, yeah, I have to admit they’re pretty accurate. I mean, I don’t exactly keep count [Laughs] but it’s probably Egypt now, doing well for herself. H: Like your relationship with Io? close to that figure. H: It seems like being one of Zeus’ Z: Yes exactly. Her being one of H: But you’re married right? What does lovers can be pretty dangerous! Have Hera’s priestesses was a recipe for your wife think about these affairs? any of your other lovely ladies found disaster to be completely honest, but themselves turned into an animal? Z: I am married. To the (mostly) lovely Hera. To be completely honest she I thought I could avoid her wrath by turning Io into a heifer. Z: Yeah it can be a bit dangerous. I accidentally killed Semele when I doesn’t particularly like what I do, she H: A heifer!? And how did that work certainly has some jealousy issues. turned into a thunderbolt. But let’s out? be honest, if you can’t handle the H: And how have these ‘jealousy issues’ thunder you shouldn’t be sleeping affected your relationship? with Zeus.