Scene 5: Enter Apollonius.
Narrator: Apollonius just finished asking the Oracle. He was disappointed.
Apollonius: (aside) how am I supposed to understand what the Oracle said? It is always talking in riddles! Who really is my father? (End aside)
Narrator: Apollonius was so disappointed that he did not go home to Argyros. Instead, he went on wandering. Apollonius kept on wandering until he came across a man.
Enter Zeus disguised as a traveler and wearing the typical traveler's gear.
Apollonius: What brings you to this place, fellow traveler?
Narrator: The man faced the younger man and revealed himself. He did not look like any ordinary man; he did not even look like any mortal either. Putting two and two together, Apollonius said:
Apollonius: (aside) this is no ordinary man. (End aside)
Man: Is there something wrong?
Apollonius (thinks for a while): Reveal your true form, god—(pauses) or whatever divine being that you are!
Man—Zeus: Very well. (Removes chlamys) I am Zeus, god of the thunderbolt and the king of the gods. I have to tell you something, Apollonius.
Apollonius: How did you—what is it you're going to say?
Zeus: You have been wondering all these years about your parentage, right?
Apollonius: So you're saying that—(deep in thought)
Zeus: Yes, indeed. I am your father.
Narrator: Apollonius did not know what to say. He is the son of non other than the King of the Gods himself. He was so preoccupied with his thoughts that Zeus left him to his devices.
Exit Zeus and Apollonius.