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When Hera busts in on him and Io, Zeus transforms his lover into a cow and is all like, "Nope, no nubile nymph here. Just chillin' with a bovine." Pretty slick, Zeus, but not slick enough to fool Hera. [Jupiter and Io by Ambrogio Figino, 1599]

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