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Io was a priestess of the goddess Hera in Argos, [5] [12] whose cult her father Inachus was supposed to have introduced to Argos. [5] Zeus noticed Io, a mortal woman, and lusted after her. In the version of the myth told in Prometheus Bound she initially rejected Zeus' advances, until her father threw her out of his house on the advice of ...
Io is sometimes confused as the daughter of Inachus and Melia but she is the daughter of Inachus alone. [13] Io was born from Inachus' mouth. [ citation needed ] Aside from the Inachians of whom he was simply the back-formed eponym , his other children include Mycene , [ 14 ] the eponym of Mycenae , the spring nymph Amymone , Messeis , Hyperia ...
In Greek mythology and legendary history, Callithyia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ θ aɪ. ə /; Ancient Greek: Καλλίθυια; also Callithoe (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ θ oʊ i /; Καλλιθόη), [1] Callithea (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ θ i ə /; Καλλιθέα), [2] or Io (/ ˈ aɪ. oʊ /; Ἰώ Ancient Greek:), "the best among women as well as among men", [3] was an Argive princess as the daughter of King Peiras ...
The myth of Io has many forms and embellishments. Generally, Io was a priestess of Hera at the Heraion of Argos. Zeus lusted after her and either Hera turned Io into a heifer to hide her from Zeus, or Zeus did so to hide her from Hera but was discovered. Hera had Io tethered to an olive-tree and set Argus Panoptes (lit.
Hesychius' preferred account says the city received its name from Io, daughter of the Argive king, who was raped by Inachus and then transformed into a cow. Zeus had fallen in love with Io, and in a jealous fit, Hera sent a gadfly to drive Io from one place to another in torment until she arrived in Thrace , giving birth to Ceroessa , the ...
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Hera After Hera detained Io, now transformed into a cow, from Zeus, she placed her under the careful guard of Argus. Zeus sent Hermes to retrieve Io, who did so by killing Argus. Hera honoured her faithful guardman by transforming him into a peacock (in some versions, she placed his one hundred eyes on the tail of her peacock). Arne: Jackdaw ...
In Greek mythology, Ceroessa (Ancient Greek: Κερόεσσα Keroessa means "the horned") was a heroine of the foundational myth of Byzantium. She was the daughter of Io and Zeus; elder sister of Epaphus; and mother of Byzas, founder of Byzantium, with her uncle, Poseidon. [1] [2]