When Zeus, King of all Greek gods, stakes his entire domain on a bet that he can seduce a mortal woman, he discovers that love is more dangerous than power.

SYNOPSIS:

Zeus - yes, that Zeus! - the king of all gods, impossibly handsome and eternally in his prime, is vacationing with the other gods in Crete when he has a chance encounter with Moksha, a stunning Indian archeology PhD candidate working nights as a waitress. She rejects Zeus’ advances, and his conniving brother Poseidon offers a massive, winner-take all gamble: Zeus has until the next full moon – eight days – to seduce Moksha without using god powers. If he succeeds, Poseidon will surrender the seas to Zeus. But if Zeus loses, he must give Poseidon the skies, and the throne, making Poseidon king of all gods with unprecedented power.

Zeus sets off on his mad chase for Moksha but, arrogant beyond measure and out of his depth in the mortal world, gets beaten, arrested, jailed and humiliated, faring even worse than Niko, a cynical archeology student who is also courting Moksha.

When Zeus finally catches up to her, Poseidon reveals to Moksha that she’s the subject of a seduction bet. And Zeus’ wife Hera emerges to reveal that on top of all his other flaws, Zeus is a cheating, married man.

Zeus takes the only recourse left to prove his love for Moksha: he throws the bet in Poseidon’s favor by using his god powers, surrenders the throne, and offers Moksha immortality in exchange for becoming his concubine.

Zeus then leaves Moksha briefly to transfer powers to Poseidon. Niko swoops in and argues that although he can only offer mortal love, it will be true. By the time Zeus has returned, Moksha’s pledged her love for Niko.

Hera takes Zeus to the cave where he was raised. Moved by how well his wife knows his heart, Zeus suddenly is awash in love for her and declares his love – but all she wants is a divorce.

In front of the cave is a moat where rumor has it gods can lose their immortality. Rejected by his wife, Zeus is left to employ his boldest move yet: he dives into the moat, giving up immortality and asking Hera to follow. She does, and a few months later we meet them selling souvenirs on the beach, mortal and happy. There are six words for love in Greek, each illuminating a different side of humanity’s most enduring obsession, and all are scattered throughout this story, which reveals their meanings as it unfolds.