Ancient Greek Mythology-Zeus and Io

Charles
6 min readMar 15, 2024

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Hello everyone. In the previous section, we talked about Hera marrying Zeus. She made three requests to Zeus before marrying him. These three requests express the same meaning; if Zeus takes Hera, then Zeus cannot like other girls in the future. Zeus agreed at the time, but he did not keep his promise. Zeus didn’t take his pledge of love seriously at all. There is one thing that can illustrate this problem. In ancient Greek myths and legends, there is a river in the underworld called the Styx River. Zeus once gave an order. He said: “If anyone swears, he must point to the Styx River and swear. Once you swear by the Styx River, you must keep your promise, but about love Except for the promise.” We can see from this incident that Zeus does not take the promise of love seriously.

After Hera married Zeus, they often quarreled. Once, Zeus secretly went on a date with a previous wife behind Hera’s back. When Hera found out about this, she was sorrowful.

So Hera ran to the island of Crete alone. She cried for three days and three nights on the island of Crete. As a result, it rained for three days and three nights on the island of Crete. When Zeus saw the island of Crete, When it kept…

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