Argus asks Mercury to stay with him, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1618 - 1628 print Argus makes, leaning over the cow, a questioning gesture to Mercury. Scene from Ovidius ’metamorphoses (with. I, 679-680). The Hague paper etching / engraving Io changed into a cow: to avoid detection by Juno, Jupiter changes Io into a cow (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 611)

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