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Io Received by Isis At Canopus
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Pompeii, Temple of Isis, 1st century BC
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Io was a lover of Zeus, who changed her into a heifer to protect her from the anger of his wife
Hera. In the later Roman cult, Io was identified with the Egyptian goddess Isis.
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Jupiter and Leda:
Henri Matisse
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According to myth, Leda was approached by the god Zeus while he was masquerading as a swan. Indeed, Zeus
made love to Leda in this form. And the memorable union between Leda and the Swan (who, remember, was actually
Zeus) has long been immortalized by painters and poets. In addition to influencing artists, however, this coupling also
influenced mythology. Here is another poetic plot twist - the legend is that Helen was born from an egg because her
father Zeus appeared as a swan when he impregnated Leda (it should be mentioned that some versions of the tale
instead claim that it was the goddess Nemesis who laid the egg from which Helen hatched). Additionally, some
ancient sources state that Polydeuces was also the son of Zeus, while his twin brother Castor was Tyndareus's child.
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daughter of Agenor and Telephassa. Zeus, enamored of her, appeared as a white bull, enticed her
to climb on his back, and swam off with her to Crete. There she bore him Minos, Rhadamanthus,
and Sarpedon. She married the king of Crete, who adopted her sons. After her death she was
worshiped as a goddess in the festival of the Hellotia.
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