EoM Bk 2: Favored and Forgotten
Copyright© 2026 by Carlos Santiago
Chapter 8: The Favored Mortal
Mythology Sex Story: Chapter 8: The Favored Mortal - With humanity rising and Prometheus bound in endless torment, Zeus entrusts Apollo, Hermes, and Athena to guide mortals while he indulges himself. Over centuries, the gods grow more fascinated with humanity. Ixion is welcomed on Olympus while Demeter fears for Persephone. Meanwhile, Zeus and Hera’s quiet personal struggles threatens to reshape Olympus, the Underworld, and the fate of gods and mortals alike.
Caution: This Mythology Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including Ma/Fa Coercion Consensual NonConsensual Reluctant Heterosexual Fiction High Fantasy Science Fiction Paranormal Cheating BTB Cream Pie First Pregnancy Big Breasts Small Breasts Geeks Politics Royalty Transformation Violence
“Zeus has no favourites.”
— Kratos (voiced by Terrence C. Carson), God of War III (2010). Developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Directed by Stig Asmussen; written by Marianne Krawczyk. Originally released March 16, 2010, for the PlayStation 3. © 2010 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. All rights reserved.
Ixion walked among the lands of men. He walked on roads and came to the cities, but truthfully, he was not one of them. He had the shape of a man, he spoke like a man, he had dust upon his sandals like other men, but he was not truly one of them. He was elevated by the gods of Olympus and given a place of reverence.
What he experienced on that mountain was unlike anything the mortal plane could create. Everything was in abundance. Life would go on forever.
He passed a cluster of villagers gathered around a fire pit when a fleet footed messenger arrived with a metal cap.
“Hiya, Ix!” he said joyously.
“Hermes! What are you doing here?” Ixion asked with more familiarity than even he was comfortable with.
“Well, you know how it is. Everyone wants to talk to everyone else, but no one wants to see them face to face. I mean ... the nerve of some people.”
Ixion laughed, but Hermes stood up straight. He was easily taller than Ixion by a head.
“Here’s the deal, Ix. You’re invited back in a few days to Olympus. You know the rules. Be good; don’t piss anyone off, and you get as much food and drink as you could want.”
“Thank you, Lord Hermes,” Ixion said with a bow of his head.
When Hermes vanished, the others looked at Ixion as though he were a god. No one would ever harm him with evidence like that.
Moments such as this reminded Ixion of Tantalus.
He remembered the tale well because he grew up on it, but this also served as a warning.
Tantalus was another mortal favored by the gods. He had been welcomed into Olympus, fed at their tables, trusted beyond his station (though that was hard since he was a king), but what he did with such favor was what had proved to be his downfall.
He had stolen from them in their time and their graces. He betrayed their trust and kindness by trying to test them or maybe it was a gift. Of this, Ixion could not be sure, but what he did know was that Tantalus served them a meal of his own son’s flesh, thinking himself clever enough to deceive the divine but also arguing that they should be honored.
By going against them, Zeus struck Tantalus down and banished him to the Underworld where Hades tied Tantalus to a tree with an apple just out of his reach. Or was it Tantalus stood in Tartarus, forever thirsty in a pool that fled from his lips, forever starving beneath fruit that withdrew from his grasp? It was something like that or some other. He was told different accountancy by his mortal teachers as opposed to that from Olympus.
Ixion might have believed the gods of Olympus outright if it were not for the fact that each was not afraid of embellishment.
The gods, in a way, were like mortals. He did not put it past a male or female divinity to bolster their own image and self-importance.
Ixion exhaled slowly.
The gods had not been deceived back then. Of that part of the facts, he understood. The crime was not just trying to feed the gods the flesh of his family members. The true offense was that Tantalus believed himself the equal to the immortal beings who had the power to fling thunderbolts or balls of energy, who flew, or even who moved faster than any mortal eye could see.
Thinking himself equal to any of those beings was foolish for a mortal man.
Ixion smiled faintly as he would never make such a mistake.
He was not one to steal, trick, bamboozle, or try to defeat a god.
And yet, his thoughts turned toHera.