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# Io

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Greek mythology. Io was the daughter of Inachus?, a river god. One day Zeus noticed her and she quickly became one of his many lovers. Their relationship continued until Hera almost caught them -- a fate avoided by Zeus turning Io into a heifer?. However, Hera was not completely fooled and demanded Zeus give her the heifer as a present.

Once Io was given to Hera, she placed him in the charge of Argus? to keep her separated from Zeus. Zeus then commanded Hermes? to kill Argus, which he did. Io escaped across the Ionian Sea to Egypt, where she was transformed back into human form by Zeus. In Egypt Io gave birth to Epaphus?.

The term Io fly is derived from the gadfly Hera sent to torment Io into fleeing to Egypt after Argus was slain.

Io is also the name of one of the moons of Jupiter.

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