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Characters in Io
Meet the Cast
Io
Here's the problem with characterizing Io: she's totally different depending on which version of her story you read. In some versions, she's a Hera's priestess—that means she's betraying her mist...
Zeus (Jupiter)
Oh boy, everybody's favorite dirty-old-god is totally up to his usual tricks in this story.The one thing the king of the gods liked more than bossing all the other gods around was seducing every pr...
Hera (Juno)
We're not surprised to see a grumpy Hera in the story of Io. After all, in almost every myth, the queen of the gods is not a happy camper. Mainly because her hubby Zeus is always sneaking off to sl...
Argus Panoptes
Argus definitely gets the bum end of this deal. Not only does the hundred-eyed giant get stuck watching a white cow all day—which has got to be pretty boring—he also gets his head chopped off b...