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Mercury kills Argus
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After putting him to sleep with his flute, Mercury kills the hundred-eyed Argus, who was guarding the cow Io on Juno's orders. In the background, Juno rushes to her peacock chariot. In the lower margin, a four-line explanation in two columns, in Latin.
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Credit lineMercurius doodt Argus. 1589. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
