I’m Also the Product of Incest

I’m also the product of incest. Zeus and Demeter are siblings but there was one night when Zeus went out drinking too much with Dionysius, came home, happened to see Demeter who’d fallen asleep on the sofa—no doubt after she’d had a little too much wine herself—and ravaged her.

What I don’t understand about my mother is how placid she can be most of the time. As a goddess of fertility, of course, she got pregnant immediately when Zeus “had his way with her.” And because she was a goddess, she didn’t care that she was an unwed mother and besides the family would take care of her. Not that she needed that much “taking care of” as a goddess.