Birds flock where myth was made

ZEUS, married to Hera, had a ‘fling’ with Io. For Io’s protection, Zeus turned her into a cow.

But Hera wasn’t fooled; she sent a horsefly to bite Io on the rump, causing her to plunge into the channel that links the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmora.

“Bous” is the Greek for “cow”, “poros” means “crossing-point” and so the famous strait, 32km long, is known as the “Bosphorus”.