IoMythological AllusionAct Introduction,Scene 2Lines 52-54An explanation of the allusion to Io in Introduction 2 of myShakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lord We'll show thee Io as she was a maid, And how she was beguilèd and surprised, As lively painted as the deed was done. Io was a beautiful priestess with whom the god Zeus became infatuated. He subsequently tricked her into going to bed with him.
