Zeus is such a player he can bed his old lady by telling her about all the times he cheated on her:<\/p>\n
But now let us go to bed and turn to love-making.<\/p>\n
For never before has love for any goddess or woman<\/p>\n
so melted about the heart inside me, broken it to submission,<\/p>\n
as now: not that time when I loved the wife of Ixion<\/p>\n
who bore me Peirithoos, equal of the gods in counsel,<\/p>\n
nor when I loved Akrisios’ daughter, sweet-stepping Danae,<\/p>\n
who bore Perseus to me, pre-eminent among all men,<\/p>\n
nor when I loved the daughter of far-renowed Phoinix, Europa<\/p>\n
who bore Minos to me, and Rhadamanthys the godlike;<\/p>\n
not when I loved Semele, or Alkmene in Thebe,<\/p>\n
when Alkmene bore me a son, Herakles the strong-hearted,<\/p>\n
while Semele’s son was Dionysos, the pleasure of mortals;<\/p>\n
not when I loved the queen Demeter of the lovely tresses,<\/p>\n
not when it was glorious Leto, nor yourself, so much<\/p>\n
as now I love you, and the sweet passion has taken hold of me.<\/p>\n
Iliad, 14, 313-328<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zeus is such a player he can bed his old lady by telling her about all the times he cheated on her: But now let us go to bed and turn to love-making. For never before has love for any goddess or woman so melted about the heart inside me, broken it to submission, as … <\/p>\n
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