Greek mythology
Io
The maiden Zeus turned into a wandering white heifer
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- Greek mythology
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- Io and the Jealousy of Hera
Io is a priestess of Hera loved by Zeus, who transforms her into a white heifer to hide the affair from his wife. Hera, unfooled, sets the hundred-eyed Argus to guard her, and when Hermes slays the watchman, sends a maddening gadfly to drive her across the earth. She wanders from Greece to Egypt, swimming the strait that takes her name, the Bosphorus, until Zeus at last restores her.
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