"The Adventures of Io" A short Latin Translation

THE ADVENTURES OF IO

"Jupiter, king of the gods, was loving the beautiful Io, but he was fearing the anger of Juno. Therefore he changed the form of Io: "Juno will not see the girl, but a cow," Jupiter was thinking. Juno wasn't stupid: "Do you have a gift, my man? Will you give the beautiful cow to Juno? Give it, if you love me!" Jupiter therefore gave the cow to Juno. 
With the cow was remaining the great guard, Argus. Argus was having 100 eyes. Mercury overcame Argus, but Io was not yet free: The bad gadfly was remaining with the cow. Io was wandering through the earth; she was seeing many peoples, but she was not having her true form. Miserable woman! Will you have always the form of a cow? Is your pain enough? The anger of Juno was not forever: Jupiter gave to Io the human form; Then Io gave birth to a son. The 100 eyes of Argus you all will see in the tail of a peacock."

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