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Title
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Io die Kuh wirt dem Argo zu hüten befolgen
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Description
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This image depicts Juno, the wife of Jupiter, in the sky flying above the clouds. She is illustrated wearing a crown to signify that she is the wife of the king of the gods. She is coming down to earth because she saw the clouds that Jupiter had created and got suspicious that he was being unfaithful to her. Juno was right to suspect something as Jupiter did create the clouds to hide the fact that he was raping Io, the daughter of the river god Inachus. When Jupiter saw that Juno was coming to check on him, he reluctantly transformed Io into a cow. Jupiter is depicted laying against a tree on the left side of the image looking up to Juno, and Io is depicted on the right side of the image in the form of a cow.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:20957
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Source Name
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P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
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Image
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Subject
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Goddesses
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Rape
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Roman Mythology
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Io
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Jupiter
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Juno
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Argos
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Transformation
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Gods
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