Argus

Drawing of an image from a 5th-century BCE Athenian red figure vase depicting Hermes slaying the giant Argus Panoptes in the presence of Zeus. Note the eyes covering Argus’s body. Io as a cow stands in the background.

Meanings

Proper Noun

  • A mythical being, also called Argos or Argus Panoptes, with many eyes, a watchman who served Hera; his eyes were later transplanted to the peacock's tail.

Noun

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek Ἄργος.

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