GREEK GOD
The story of IO (IYO) in Argos city

In the city of Argos lived a girl named Io. Him

so fair and kind that everyone who knew him loved him, and

he said there was no one like him in the whole world. When

Jupiter, in her home in the clouds, hearing about her, he descends to Argos to

saw it. He was very pleasing to her, and very kind and wise,

so that he returns the next day and the next and the next; and

slowly he stayed in Argos the whole time so he could be in

nearby. He doesn't know who he is, but thinks he is

prince of a distant land; for he came disguised as

a young man, and did not look like a great king of the earth and sky like

hers.

But Juno, the queen who lives with Jupiter and

sharing the throne amidst the clouds, not loving Io at all. When he

hearing why Jupiter stayed from home for so long, he decides to

hurt the beautiful girl as much as she could; and one day she went to Argos

to try what can be done.

Jupiter saw him when he was far away, and

he knows why he came. So, to save Io from her, she

turn the girl into a white cow. He thought that when Juno

already back home, it would not be difficult to give Io his form anymore.

But when the queen saw the cow, she knew

that it was Io.

"Oh, how good a cow you have

there!" she said. "Give him to me, the Jupiter

okay, give him to me!"

Jupiter doesn't like to do this; but she does

coaxed so hard that she finally gave up, and let him

he has a cow for himself. He thought that it wouldn't take long

until she can take it off the queen, and turn it into a girl

once more. But Juno was too wise to believe it. Him

take the cow with its horns, and take it out of the city.

"Now, my sweet servant,"

he said, "i will see that you remain in this form as long as you

living."

He handed the cow to one

a strange guard named Argus, who has, not just two eyes, as he

You and I have, but ten times ten. And Argus brought the cow

it was into the forest, and tied him with a long rope to a tree, where he had to

stand up and eat the grass, and shout, "Moo! moo!" from morning until

night; and when the sun had set, and it was dark

lying on the cold ground and crying, and crying, "Moo!

moo!" until he fell asleep.

But no good friend heard it, and

no one came to help him; because only Jupiter and Juno

who knew that the white cow standing in the forest was Io, who was loved

worldwide. Day after day, Argus, who is everyone's concern,

sit on a nearby hill and keep watch; and you cannot say

that he went to sleep at all, because while half his eyes were closed, he,

the other half were awake, and thus they slept and watched

take turns.

Jupiter was sad when she saw how difficult it was

Io's life, and he's trying to think of some plan for

set him free. One day he called out to the cunning Mercury, who had

wings on his shoes, and asked him to go and take the cow away from him

the forest where he was kept. Mercury went down and stood near the foot of the hill

where Argus sat, and began to play sweet tones in

his flute. This was what the strange guard wanted to hear; so

he called Mercury, and asked him to come and sit by his side and

playing other songs.

Mercury did what he wanted, and

playing sweet music that no one has ever heard

the whole world from that day until now. And when he plays, Argus

the strange old man lay down on the grass and listened, and thought that he

he never had an amazing treat in his entire life. But

slowly the sweet voice wrapped him in a very strange spell

so that all his eyes were instantly closed, and he was sound asleep.

This is what Mercury wants. That wasn't

it was a bold thing to do, yet he took out a long and sharp knife

from his belt and cut off Argus poor head while he

sleeps. Then he ran down the hill to release the cow and

take him to town.

But Juno has seen him kill his guard,

and he met her on the street. He yelled at her and

told him to let go of the cow; and his face was so full of anger

so, as soon as he saw her, he turned around and fled, and left

Poor Io to his fate.

lying dead in the grass at the top of the hill, so he took a hundred

his eyes and put them on the peacock's tail; and there you may

still see it to this day.

Then he found a big bully,

as big as a bat, and send it to the white cow's ears, and

bit him and stung him so he couldn't rest all the time

day. Poor Io ran from one place to another to

get away; but it's buzzing and buzzing, and stinging and

stinging, until he became wildly frightened and in pain, and wished him

die. Day after day he ran, now through the dense forest, now

in the long grass that grew on the plains without trees, and now on the edge

sea.

Gradually he reached the neck of the sea

narrow, and, because the land across looked as if he would

resting there, he jumped into the waves and swam across; and

the place was called Bosphorus - the word meaning Sea of Cow - from that time until

now, and you'll find it marked on the map you used in

school. Then he went through a foreign land on the other side, but,

let him do what he wants, he can't get rid of bullies

that's.

After a while, he arrived at a

a place where there are high mountains with closed peaks

snow that seemed to touch the sky. There he stopped for

rest for a moment; and he looked at the calm and cold cliff at the

over him and wishing he could die in a place that was all so majestic and

reposeful. But when he looked, he saw a gigantic body

stretched out on the rocks in the middle between the earth and the sky, and he

instantly knowing that it is Prometheus, the young Titan, who chained Jupiter in the

because he gave fire to man.

"My suffering is not as great

his suffering," he thought; and his eyes were filled with tears.

Then Prometheus looked down and

he spoke to her, and her voice was very soft and kind.

"I know who you are,"

he said; and then he told her not to lose hope,

but go south and then west, and he'll find a place

to rest.

He'd thank her if she

could; but when he tried to speak he could only say,

"Moo! moo!"

Prometheus then went on and said

to him that the time would come when he should be given his own form

again, and that she must live to be the mother of the race

heroines. "As for me," he said, "I wait for time

patiently, because I knew that one of those heroes would decide

chain me and set me free. Goodbye bye!"

Then Io, with a brave heart, with a brave heart,

leave the great Titan and travel, as it has been

first to the south and then to the west. The bully

now it was worse than before, but he was not too scared, either,

because his heart is full of hope. For a whole year he wandered, and

he finally arrived in Egypt in Africa. He's feeling very tired

now so that he couldn't go any further, so he lay down close

the banks of the Nile are great for rest.

Jupiter may be able to help her

if only he hadn't been too afraid of Juno. But now it's a coincidence

that when the poor cow lay on the bank of the Nile, Queen Juno

his house, high above the clouds, also lay down to sleep

daylight. As soon as he fell asleep, Jupiter was like a flash of light streaking

over the sea to Egypt. He killed a cruel bully and

throw it in the river. Then he stroked the cow's head with

his hand, and the cow was no longer seen; but where it stood

young girl Io, pale and weak, but beautiful and kind as she used to be at home

in the city of Argos. Jupiter didn't say a word, even

did not show himself to the tired and trembling girl. Him

rushing back at all speed to his house high in the clouds, because

she was afraid that Juno would wake up and find out what she had done.

The Egyptians were kind to Io, and gave him

a house in their bright land; and by and by the king of Egypt asked for it

to be his wife, and to make her his queen; and he lived

a long and happy life in his marble palace by the river

Nile. Centuries later, the great-grandson of Io's great-grandson severed the chain

Prometheus and liberate the mighty friend of man.

The hero's name is Hercules.