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Argus (är`gəs) or Argos (är`gŏs, –gəs), in Greek mythology. 1 Many-eyed monster, also called Panoptes. He guarded Io after she had been changed into a heifer. After Hermes slew the monster, Hera took his eyes and placed them in the tail of her bird, the peacock. 2 Builder of the Argo Argo (är`gō), in Greek mythology, ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece. Argus skillful builder of Jason’s Argo. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 29] See : Craftsmanship Argus hundred-eyed giant guarding Io. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 72] See : Guardianship Argus Odysseus’ dog; overjoyed at Odysseus’ return, he dies. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] See : Loyalty Argus hundred-eyed giant who guarded Io. [Gk. Myth. and Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses] See : Monsters Argus hundred-eyed giant ordered slain by Zeus, changed by Hera into a peacock with a tail full of “eyes.” [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 48] See : Transformation
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| (as we said) must ever be well weighed; and generally it is good, to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argus, with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus, with his hundred hands; first to watch, and then to speed.
Like Argus of the ancient times,
We leave this modern Greece,
Tum-tum, tum-tum, tum, tum, tum-tum,
To shear the Golden Fleece. And he charged Hermes the guide, the Slayer of Argus, to put in her a shameless mind and a deceitful nature. |
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