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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

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97CC64Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music

97CC6 Io changed into a cow: to avoid detection by Juno, Jupiter changes Io into a cow (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 611)

97CC641 Mercury beheads Argus

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ancient history
animal
Apollo
Argus (guardian)
ass's ears
classical antiquity
flute
history
king
lullaby
mammal
man
Mercury
metamorphosis
Midas (King)
music making
mythology
Ovid, Metamorphoses 11
sleeping
transformation

97CC64

Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music

Finnish
Mercure endort Argus en jouant de la musique

French
Merkur schläfert Argus mit Musik ein

German
Mercurio addormenta Argo con la musica

Italian

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