# Juno — Metamorphoses character guide > Juno in Metamorphoses by Ovid. **Role:** major **Also known as:** the jealous Juno, Imperial Juno **First appearance:** 0008-transformation-of-io-into-a-heifer-and-the-eyes-of-argus-into-a-peacock-s-train ## Snapshot Queen of the gods, whose sharp eye for her husband's affairs turns Io into a cow and sets a hundred-eyed watchman on her trail. ## Who they are Juno knows exactly what Jove is doing and has learned to catch him mid-lie, as when she asks for the heifer Io as a gift and he cannot refuse without confessing. Her jealousy is not petty — it is methodical, and she delegates: Argus with his hundred eyes guards the cow by day and night. Her pursuit of Jove's lovers supplies some of the poem's cruelest transformations, making her the counterweight to every divine seduction. ## Relationships ### [Jove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/jove) _family_ Jove and Juno are the king and queen of the gods, married but often in conflict over his infidelities. ### [Jove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/jove) _family_ Jove and Juno are the king and queen of the gods, married but often in conflict over his infidelities. ### [Jove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/jove) _family_ Jove and Juno are the king and queen of the gods, married but often in conflict over his infidelities. ## In the story ### [Giants' War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/giants-war) Her messenger Iris helps feed the clouds with rain. ### [Transformation of Io Into a Heifer, and the Eyes of Argus Into a Peacock’s Train](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-io-into-a-heifer-and-the-eyes-of-argus-into-a-peacock-s-train) Jealous of Jove's attention to Io, she secures the heifer and sets Argus as guard; later places Argus's eyes on the peacock's tail. ### [Transformation of Syrinx Into Reeds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-syrinx-into-reeds) Juno takes revenge on Io and later is appeased by Jove. ### [Story of Calisto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-calisto) In her jealousy, transforms Calisto into a bear and later protests to Ocean and Tethys about Calisto's celestial honor. ### [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/book-iii) Jealous goddess who tricks Semele and curses Echo. ### [Birth of Bacchus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/birth-of-bacchus) Disguised as the nurse Beroe, she manipulates Semele into demanding Jupiter's full divine form, leading to Semele's destruction. ### [Transformation of Echo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-echo) Punishes Echo by restricting her speech to repetition. ### [Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-ino-and-melicerta-to-sea-gods) Imperial Juno, jealous of Ino's prosperity, descends to the underworld to command the fury Tisiphone to drive Athamas mad. ### [Transformation of the Theban Matrons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-the-theban-matrons) Angered by the matrons' reproaches, Juno transforms them into stones and birds. ### [Song of the Pierides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/song-of-the-pierides) Transformed into a cow, white as snow, according to the Pierides' song. ### [Transformation of Arachne Into a Spider](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-arachne-into-a-spider) Referenced in Minerva's tapestry as the goddess whose name was profaned by the Pigmaean dame, and whose vengeance fell on Antigone. ### [Peasants of Lycia Transformed to Frogs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/peasants-of-lycia-transformed-to-frogs) Imperial Juno's rough commands forced Latona to flee. ### [Death of Pelias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/death-of-pelias) Mentioned as sending punishment (sprouting horns) along with Venus. ### [Story of Ants Changed to Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-ants-changed-to-men) Juno sends a dreadful plague upon Aegina because the land bears the name of her rival. ### [Book IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/book-ix) Attends the wedding of Iphis and Ianthe, and is the target of Hercules' dying curse. ### [Story of Achelous and Hercules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-achelous-and-hercules) Referenced as Hercules's stepdame and source of his trials. ### [Death of Hercules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/death-of-hercules) Referred to as the 'stepdame' and 'dread emp'ress of the skies,' whose hate has pursued Hercules throughout his life. ### [Apotheosis of Hercules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/apotheosis-of-hercules) The jealous goddess who finally shows no frown at Hercules' apotheosis. ### [Transformation of Galanthis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-galanthis) Persecutes Alcmena and later transforms Galanthis into a weasel. ### [Fable of Iphis and Ianthe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/fable-of-iphis-and-ianthe) Invoked by Ianthe to speed the marriage. ### [Story of Ceyx and Alcyone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-ceyx-and-alcyone) Goddess of marriage, to whom Alcyone prays for Ceyx's safe return; eventually sends Iris to arrange the dream revealing his death. ### [Book XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/book-xiv) Sits in the divine senate and feels remorse for past revenge, consenting to Aeneas's deification. ### [Deification of Aeneas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/deification-of-aeneas) Juno sits in the divine council and feels remorse for her past vengeance against Aeneas. ### [Latian Line](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/latian-line) Saturnia (Juno) uses her arts to aid the Sabines against the Romans. ### [Assumption of Hersilia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/assumption-of-hersilia) Implied as the goddess of the nuptial bed who sends Iris to aid Hersilia. ### [Occasion of Esculapius Being Brought to Rome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/occasion-of-esculapius-being-brought-to-rome) The ship touches Lacinia, graced with Juno's fane (temple). ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/juno - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters