I suppose the simplest explanation would be that he’s talking about different sets of stories. He makes the point in the earlier passage that the stories to which he’s referring would be unknown to Cleinias because of his people’s virtue, whereas the stories told to children by their parents seem to be more universally known. There is no shortage of Greek myths that depict the gods as lustful, petty, and jealous of one another. Plato himself may not have believed that any of the popular stories about the gods were factual, but I imagine he would have approved of pious tales in the vein of Baucis and Philemon far more than of stories like Hera’s persecution of Leto.
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