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Io
also: Ио, the cow Io
In Greek myth, a mortal priestess loved by Zeus/Jupiter and transformed into a heifer to hide the affair from Hera; invoked here as a stock item in Jupiter's catalogue of philandering, the standard schoolroom-classics reference to his love affairs.
Reading notes
- On June and July §27 the cow Io
In Greek myth, the priestess Io was loved by Zeus/Jupiter and transformed into a heifer to conceal the affair from Hera -- a standard item of classroom mythology cited here as common knowledge among Latin students.