Heroine

Io

Ἰώ

Overview

Priestess of Hera loved by Zeus. Ancestress of many Greek royal houses.

Heroic Age

Cow, Argos

Unknown or primordial.

Beyond Antiquity

Io still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: One of Jupiter's four large Galilean moons.

Named after Io, the priestess associated with Zeus and Hera.