Io and Argos depicted in the Roman fresco from the House of Meleager (Casa di Meleagro) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. Io, recognisable by her bovine horns, is watched over by Argos on the instructions of Hera, to prevent her being seduced by Zeus.


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