A servant alerts a man that Princess Lorde will host a Consort Selection Assembly on Mount Olympus in a week, open to all eligible gods. This announcement shocks another man, Demos, who believed she was devoted to him. His father, Zeus, furiously chastises Demos for failing to secure Lorde and her valuable dowry. Demos claims his rival, the disgraced Sun God Helios, disrupted his plans. Zeus gives Demos one final chance, threatening severe consequences if he fails, and vows to pressure Lorde into choosing Demos at the assembly. Meanwhile, Lorde makes a desperate vow, swearing that if Helios does not attend, she will marry the first god she sees, refusing to wait for him again.