![]() The peacock perhaps featured so prominently in story and mythology because it was seen by many cultures as a symbol of immortality the ancients believed that its flesh did not decay, even after death. Zeus freed Io, who was still in the form of a heifer. Hera then sent Argus Panoptis to watch over Io and prevent Zeus from visiting her, so Zeus sent Hermes to distract and eventually slay Argus.Īccording to the Roman writer Ovid, he did so by first lulling him to sleep by playing the panpipes and telling stories. In the version of the story in which Zeus transformed Io, the deception failed, and Hera begged Zeus to give her the heifer as a present, which, having no reason to refuse, he did. ![]() Many versions of peacock story in Greek mythology ![]()
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