Io

First appears: Aegimius

Life events

• Zeus seduced Io while she was serving as Hera’s priestess.(Aegimius)
  • With: Zeus
  • “While she was holding the office of priestess of Hera, Zeus seduced her”
• Zeus changed Io into a white cow after Hera discovered them.(Aegimius)
  • With: Zeus
  • “being discovered by Hera, touched the girl and changed her into a white cow”
• Zeus named the island Euboea after Io, who had become a cow.(Aegimius · 📍 Abantis)
  • With: Zeus
  • “but Zeus then called it Euboea after the cow”
• Hera set Argus to watch Io.(Aegimius)
  • With: Hera Argus
  • “And (Hera) set a watcher upon her (Io), great and strong Argus”

Aegimius

• parent: Peiren “Hesiod and Acusilaus say that she (Io) was the daughter of Peiren.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.