<P> Io was a priestess of the Goddess Hera in Argos , whose cult her father Inachus was supposed to have introduced to Argos . Zeus noticed Io , a mortal woman , and lusted after her . In the version of the myth told in Prometheus Bound she initially rejected Zeus ' advances , until her father threw her out of his house on the advice of oracles . According to some stories , Zeus then turned Io into a heifer in order to hide her from his wife ; others maintain that Hera herself transformed Io . </P>
<P> Io was a priestess of the Goddess Hera in Argos , whose cult her father Inachus was supposed to have introduced to Argos . Zeus noticed Io , a mortal woman , and lusted after her . In the version of the myth told in Prometheus Bound she initially rejected Zeus ' advances , until her father threw her out of his house on the advice of oracles . According to some stories , Zeus then turned Io into a heifer in order to hide her from his wife ; others maintain that Hera herself transformed Io . </P>
why did zeus turned io into a cow
why did zeus turned io into a cow
in order to hide her from his wife
in order to hide her from his wife