It was Hermes who liberated Io, the lover of Zeus, from the hundred-eyed giant Argus, who had been ordered by Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus, to watch over her.

• 百眼巨人阿耳弋斯得到宙斯嫉妒的妻子赫拉的命令去监视宙斯的情人爱莪，赫密士从阿耳弋斯那里解放了爱莪。