Oh, does Zeus prefer fathers? The Furies are astonished. Didn’t he bind his own father, aged Kronos? Doesn’t that imply the opposite of what you’re saying? I hope you’re listening, jurors.21 Apollo behaves in the time-honoured way of powerful men being contradicted by women to whom they aren’t attracted: You all-hateful monsters, loathed by the gods! Zeus could untie his father, but once a mortal man is dead he can’t be brought back to life.
