Thanks to his natural good looks, his request was granted by Zeus, and he stayed on Mount Olympus to avoid his enemies' pursuit. However, this man, unable to change his nature, soon reverted to his old ways, and his lustful eyes set upon Hera.
The radiant Queen of Heaven made him lose his senses, and he was audacious enough to brazenly flirt with Hera, hoping that the Queen would elope with him.
After being harassed, Hera immediately reported Ixion's actions to her husband Zeus.
Zeus, who often turned others green with envy, naturally refused to believe that anyone would dare to cuckold him, especially someone who had survived only with his protection.
But, out of caution, and faced with his wife's convincing accusations, Zeus sent a cloud in Hera's shape to Ixion. The irreverent king, suspecting nothing, actually made love to this cloud in the garden, and it gave birth to a half-human, half-horse monster.