=== ゼウスとヘーラー ===
ゼウスはヘーラーの弟であり、配偶者であった。ゼウスはヘーラーの弟であり、配偶者であった。パウサニアスによれば、ゼウスはヘーラーを口説くためにカッコウに変身した<ref>Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.17.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 2.17.4]</ref>。ヘーラーによってゼウスはアレース、ヘーベー、エイレイシア、ヘパイストスという子を得たが<ref name=":h79">Hard 2004, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA79 p. 79].</ref>、ヘーラーだけがこれらの子供を産んだとする説もある。また、娘としてエリス<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D4%3Acard%3D401 4.441]</ref>、エンヨー<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''Fall of Troy'', [https://archive.org/stream/falloftroy00quin#page/374/mode/2up 8.424]</ref>、アンゲロス[110]を挙げる者もいる<ref>Scholia on Theocritus, Idyll 2.12 referring to Sophron</ref>。
Zeus was the brother and consort of [[Hera]]. According to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], Zeus had turned himself into a [[cuckoo]] to woo Hera.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.17.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 2.17.4]</ref> By Hera, Zeus sired [[Ares]], [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], [[Eileithyia]] and [[Hephaestus]],<ref name=":h79">Hard 2004, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA79 p. 79].</ref> though some accounts say that Hera produced these offspring alone. Some also include [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]],<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D4%3Acard%3D401 4.441]</ref> [[Enyo]]<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''Fall of Troy'', [https://archive.org/stream/falloftroy00quin#page/374/mode/2up 8.424]</ref> and [[Angelos (Greek mythology)|Angelos]]<ref>Scholia on [[Theocritus]], Idyll 2.12 referring to [[Sophron]]</ref> as their daughters. In the section of the Iliad known to scholars as the [[Deception of Zeus]], the two of them are described as having begun their sexual relationship without their parents knowing about it.<ref>Iliad, Book 14, line 294</ref>
According to a scholion on [[Theocritus]]' ''Idylls'', when Hera was heading toward Mount Thornax alone, Zeus created a terrible storm and transformed himself into a cuckoo bird who flew down and sat on her lap. When Hera saw the cuckoo, she felt pity for him and covered him with her cloak. Zeus then transformed back and took hold of her; because she was refusing to sleep with him due to their [[Rhea (mythology)|mother]], he promised to marry her.<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Theocritus]]' ''Idylls'' [https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2021/08/21/explaining-the-cuckoo-women-know-everything-4/ 15.64]</ref> In one account Hera refused to marry Zeus and hid in a cave to avoid him; an earthborn man named Achilles convinced her to give him a chance, and thus the two had their first sexual intercourse. Zeus then promised Achilles that every person who bore his name shall become famous.<ref>[[Ptolemaeus Chennus]], ''New History'' Book 6, as epitomized by [[Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople|Patriarch Photius]] in his ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Myriobiblon]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/237#190.47 190.47]</ref>