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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of female persons into mammals > Io changed into a cow: to avoid detection by Juno, Jupiter changes Io into a cow (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 611) > Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music > Mercury beheads Argus

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97CC641Mercury beheads Argus  

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  • ancient history
  • animal
  • Apollo
  • Argus (guardian)
  • ass's ears
  • beheading
  • classical antiquity
  • history
  • king
  • mammal
  • man
  • Mercury
  • metamorphosis
  • Midas (King)
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 11
  • transformation

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