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Argus or Argos Panoptes (Ancient Greek: Ἄργος Πανόπτης, "All-seeing Argos") is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. Known for his perpetual vigilance, he served the goddess Hera as a watchman. His most famous task was guarding Io, a priestess of Hera, whom Zeus had transformed into a heifer.
Argus was erroneously conflated with the above Argus Arestorides who was the shipwright of the Argo and counted as one of the Argonauts. [10] Argus, son of Jason and Medea. [11] He was loved by Heracles and because of him the hero joined Jason and the Argonauts. [12] Argus, son of Pan and among the Pans who came to join Dionysus in his campaign ...
Eumaeus replies that Argos belonged to Odysseus and was once a great hunting dog who caught everything he tracked. He recounts that after Odysseus had been presumed dead, no one took care of Argos, and Eumaeus curses the servants for their negligence. [16] As the two men enter the palace, where the suitors are, Argos dies. [17]
Argos son of Bias and Pero: Argus 5 Argos son of Arestor or Polybus and Argia or Danaus; builder of Argo: Armenus [11] 1 Armenium, Thessaly - Ascalaphus 3 Orchomenus: son of Ares and Astyoche; later one of the Suitors of Helen and led the Orchomenians in the Trojan War. Asclepius 2 Tricca: son of Apollo and Coronis or Arsinoe: Asterion or Asterius
The Argives, Alcenor (Ἀλκήνωρ) and Chromius (Χρομίος), believing that they had killed all of the Spartans, left the battlefield racing home to Argos to announce their victory. However, they had made one mistake: Othryades, an injured Spartan, had survived. As he was technically the last man standing on the battlefield from either ...
The highest distinction the Toronto Argonauts can accord a player is to retire their number; just four players have received the honour. Starting in 1996, the team began another category of distinction with its list of "All-Time Argos". Twenty-four players have been rewarded so far and a banner in their honour hangs at BMO Field. [150]
Argos (dog), Odysseus' dog in the Odyssey; Argos (radio program), a Dutch documentary series; Eddie Argos (born 1979), English musician; Argos-Shimano, a former cycling team; Task Force Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service; Toronto Argonauts or Argos, a Canadian Football League team; Minister Argos, a villain from the manga and ...
The kingdom of Argos was divided into three parts. One third was given to Melampos and another to Bias (brother of Melampos) while Anaxagoras and his lineage continued to rule the central region. Alector .