The University of Nevada, Reno announced on March 10 that a beloved male mute swan named Zeus, who had been a fixture on campus for decades, was found dead near its home at Manzanita Lake.

Zeus, the top god in Ancient Greek culture, would transform into a strong, male swan, even seducing a human female in this guise in the story of Leda and the swan. So when Matthew Bourne cast Swan ...