Securing convictions had proved the hard part. Charging a god with overenthusiastic smiting, failure to carry out rainmaking duties or buggering about with causality is easy enough, but hard evidence is in short supply

Yes, you may well be after child support after Zeus got you pregnant disguised as a swan again, but how are you going to prove it? The chances of a swan appearing in court, throwing a few thunderbolts about to prove his credentials, and meekly paying up is, lets face it, not good.