Io (/ ˈ aɪ. oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἰώ) was, in Greek mythology, one of the mortal lovers of Zeus.An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings and heroes, such as Perseus, Cadmus, Heracles, Minos, Lynceus, Cepheus, and Danaus.The astronomer Simon Marius named a moon of Jupiter after Io in 1614.. Because her brother was Phoroneus, Io is also known as Phoronis (an …

In Classical Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ t ə /; Greek: Ἱππολύτη Hippolytē) was a daughter of Ares and Otrera, queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe.She wore her father Ares' zoster, the Greek word found in the Iliad and elsewhere meaning "war belt". Some traditional English translations have preferred the more feminine …