Jupiter had to take different forms for one very good reason: his natural form was lethal.

He does not seem

to have used trickery to seduce the mortal princess Semele. Out of jealousy at their affair, however, Juno
disguised herself as a mortal and, gaining Semele's confidence, persuaded her to ask Jupiter to make love
to her in his natural splendour. Semele was incinerated by the lightning that accompanied the god in his
pure state. But from the ashes Jupiter took the unborn child that she was carrying and placed the still-living
foetus in his own thigh. In time, he gave birth to the god Bacchus.

Aethlius
Queen Kalyke's son, Endymion, was fathered either by Jupiter or King Aethlius, her husband.

Amphitryon
Hercules’ mother was Alcmene, a beautiful mortal whom Jupiter seduced in the guise of her husband
Amphitryon while he was away at battle.

Ant
Zeus made himself as small as he could, and transformed into an ant in order to have sex with
Eurymedousa, another princess in northern Greece. Their son was Myrmidon ("ant-man") and was the
progenitor of the race of warriors that Achilles commanded in The Iliad.

Cloud
Jupiter is disguised as a cloud grabbed hold of Io.

Cuckoo
Jupiter courted Juno, at first unsuccessfully. She took pity on him only when he adopted the disguise of a
bedraggled cuckoo and she tenderly warmed him in her bosom, where he at once resumed his true shape
and ravished her so that she was thralled into marrying him.

Eagle
When Jupiter became enamoured of the beautiful son of King Tros, Ganymede, he swooped down as an
eagle and installed him in Olympus as his cup-bearer.

Goddess Diana
One day the god Jupiter saw the beautiful Callisto and fell in love with her. Knowing that Diana had warned
Callisto about men and gods, Jupiter pretended he was the goddess Diana. In this disguise, Jupiter made
the beautiful Callisto his girlfriend.

Peasant
Jupiter was about to destroy mankind but was willing to give it one final chance before starting over again.
So, in the company of his son Mercury, the wing-footed messenger god, Jupiter went about, disguised as a
worn and weary traveler

Satyr
Antiope was a beautiful girl, whom Jupiter, in the form of a satyr, wooed and won.

Serpent
Proserpina was taken one day by Pluto, God of the underworld, and she became his wife. She stayed half
the year under the earth along with her husband. Since she lived beneath the world, Jupiter turned himself
into a serpent and went to seduce her. Proserpina conceived and gave birth to a child, Bacchus.
Shepherd
Jupiter, king of the gods, disguised himself in order to seduce a maiden. He is seen as a shepherd courting
Mnemosyne.

Shower of gold
When the princess Danae was imprisoned in a brazen tower by her father, Jupiter descended as a shower
of gold and impregnated her with the future hero Perseus. 

Swan
When he impregnated Leda, he appeared as a swan. Jupiter, king of the gods, disguised himself as a swan
in order to seduce Leda, mortal queen of Sparta. Their mythical union produced Helen, whose abduction
by the Trojan prince Paris led to the Trojan War.

White bull
The very foundation myth of Europe rests upon a love-trick by Jupiter. When he fell for Europa, the
daughter of Agenor, the king of Tyre, the god took the form of a beautiful white bull.