Argus

Argos, Panoptes

The hundred-eyed giant tasked by Hera with guarding Io.

Genealogy

Ismene

Agenor, Arestor, Argus, Inachus

Aegialeus, Criasus, Ecbasus, Epidaurus, Iasus, Io, Mycene, Phorbas, Phoroneus, Piras

Iasus

Places
  1. Arcadia
  2. Mycenae
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Argus kills a bull in Arcadia
  2. Argus kills a cattle-thieving satyr on behalf of the Arcadians
  3. Argus kills Echidna
  4. Argus avenges the murder of Apis
  5. Argus guards Io, the cow
  6. Hermes kills Argus and rescues the cow Io
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.3
  3. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 100
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 22
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 104
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 339
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 4.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 4.6
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