Zeus took various animal forms to seduce several women, including a serpent to seduce Semele, a swan to seduce Leda, a bull to seduce Europa, and an eagle to seduce Ganymede. He also took the forms of a wolf to seduce Latona, a satyr to seduce Antiope, and a wolf goddess to seduce Kallisto. Each union resulted in the birth of important mythological figures such as Dionysus, the Gemini twins, and Heracles.

1. By Jove I did It!
• I was a Serpent.
• I was a Swan
• I was a Bull
• I was an eagle
• I was a wolf
• I was a Sartyr
• I seduced Semele
• I seduced Gannymede
• I seduced IO
• I seduced Alkmene
• I seduced Latona
• I seduced Leda

2. Zeus’s serpent form

3. Upon hearing that Ganymede
was to be Grail Cup bearer as well
as Zeus' lover, the jealous Hera
was outraged. So Zeus set
Ganymede's image among the
stars as the constellation
Aquarius, the Ambrosia carrier.
Aquarius was originally the Hindu
Khumba (Pot which poured
amrita to the gods).

4. The Quinotaur is the Sumerian
god Enki who was born of a sea
bull Decoding the Myth of Zeus
taking the form of an
enormous sea bull to seduce
Europa means the dragon kings
moved into Europe. The Labrys
is an icon of the woman's
creative power. The Labyrinth
is the Goddess's body, the
center is her uterus.

5. Zeus Lykaios or "Wolf Zeus" was the deity
of Arcadia. Latona is the mother of Apollo
and Artemis, took the form of a wolf or
was said to be escorted from the
Hyperboreans by wolves. Artemis was
known as the "Wolf Goddess" and had a
wolf on her shield. Both she and her
Roman counterpart Diana were
accompanied by a pack of wolves.
Latona the she-wolf of the Capitol was the
emblem of Rome.

6. ANTIOPE a princess of Thebes was
seduced by Zeus in the shape of
Satyros. She bore him twin sons
Amphion and Zethos . In Greek
mythology, Antiope was described
as an Amazon, daughter of Ares.

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KALLISTO A Princess of Arkadia was
seduced by Zeus in the guise of the
Wolf goddess Artemis. Kallisto bore
Zeus a son, Arcas and was turned
into a bear, either by Zeus in a
cover-up, by Hera out of jealousy, or
by Artemis out of anger that she
broke her vow of chastity.

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The Theban princess ALKMENE was seduced
by Zeus in the form of her own serpent
husband. She bore twins: Herakles by Zeus and
Likymnios by her husband Amphitryon. Thuban
is the brightest star in the ‘Alpha Draconis’
constellation. The Egyptians venerated four
main stars in the shafts of the pyramid:
1) Alpha Canis Major / Sirius)
2) Pleiades?
3) Al Nitak (Zeta Orionis)
4) Thuban (Alpha Draconis)

9. DANAE A Princess of Argos
was imprisoned by her
father in a bronze tower.
Zeus seduced her in the
form of a golden shower,
and she gave birth to the
hero Perseus.

10. The Titaness LEDA was seduced
by Zeus in the form of swan. Hera
in the form of a serpent tried to
kill the pregnant Leda. But Zeus
thwarted her plan and the
Gemini twins were born to Leda.

11. Io had the misfortune of being ravaged
by Zeus when Hera found them. Zeus
turned Io into a white cow. But Hera
asked Zeus for the cow and ordered
Argus, a giant Titan with 100 eyes, to
guard her. IO is also known as the
Egyptian Cow Goddess Hathor.

12. Ares the god of war took revenge for
the death of the Dragon and he
turned Cadmus and his wife into
serpents. Semele daughter of Theban
Cadmus and Harmonia is mother of
Dionysus (Bacchus) by Zeus. Semele’s
liaison with Zeus enraged Hera who
persuaded Semele to ask Zeus to visit
her in his role as god of thunder so
his fire bolts would destroy her.