Myth Weekly May 2014 | Page 4

“the time I turned myself into a swan to seduce Leda, and […] the time I turned myself into a bull to seduce Europa” H: Have any of your other lovely That is a particular favourite of my It is at this point that Zeus’ publicist step s in ladies found themselves turned into conquests, Europa’s so wonderful and and points out that we’ve run out of time. an animal? our children are pretty great. There’s no rest for Mount Olympus’s leading Z: No, it’s normally me turning into I guess it’s not really an animal, but I the animal [laughs]. Yeah I’ve been a did turn myself into a shower of gold H: Thank you for your time and for few things over the years in order to to get with Danae. sharing your experiences with our woo the ladies. H: Care to share with our readers any particular examples? H: A shower of gold? Z: Yeah, a bit extravagant I’ll admit but hey, I am a pretty extravagant guy. Plus Z: Well there was the time I turned she was imprisoned at the time so my myself into a swan to seduce Leda, normal animalist instincts didn’t quite and, oh yeah, the time I turned cut it this time. myself into a bull to seduce Europa. That is a particular favourite of my conquests, Europa’s so wonderful and our children are pretty great. I guess it’s not really an animal, but I did turn myself into a shower of gold to get with Danae. H: A shower of gold? Z: Yeah, a bit extravagant I’ll admit but hey, I am a pretty extravagant guy. Plus she was imprisoned at the time so my normal animalist H: You mentioned earlier that you have children with Europa. Have many of your relationships have resulted in children? Z: Pretty much all of them if I’m being honest. I mean, Hera doesn’t really appreciate it so I try to pass their paternity off onto other men, usually their mother’s husband. H: Does that work? man it seems. readers Zeus. Z: No problem, I’m always willing to share myself around.