LC control no. | no2017065891 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Argos (Greek mythological character) |
Variant(s) | Argos (Giant) Argus (Giant) Argus Panoptes (Greek mythological character) Άργος Πανόπτης (Greek mythological character) Argos Panoptēs (Greek mythological character) Άργος (Greek mythological character) Άργος (Giant) |
Associated country | Greece |
Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
Found in | Classics Digital Library Collection, 2001 (Argos (Greek mythology)) Encyclopedia mythica online, May 19, 2017 (Argus; Hera had Argus watch over Io to keep her [having been transformed into a cow] from Zeus, Argus was killed by Hermes at Zeus' command) <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/argus.html> Wikipedia, June 11, 2019 (Argus Panoptes (All-seeing) (Ancient Greek: Άργος Πανόπτης = Argos Panoptēs) or Argos (Ancient Greek: Άργος = Argos) is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology; guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor and probably Mycene, was a primordial giant whose epithet, "Panoptes", "all-seeing", led to his being described with multiple, often one hundred, eyes) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes> Wikipedia, June 11, 2019 (In Greek mythology, Argus or Argos (Ancient Greek: Άργος = Argos) may refer to the following personages: Argus Panoptes (Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes; Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe; Argus, son of Callirhoe and Piras (son of the above Argus) and brother to Arestorides and Triops; Argus, son of Phineus and Danaë, in a rare variant of the myth in which she and her two sons (the other being Argeus) travel to Italy; Argus or Argeus (king of Argos), son of Megapenthes; Argus (son of Arestor), builder of the ship Argo in the tale of the Argonauts; Argus, eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope, and husband of Perimele, daughter of Admetus and Alcestis. By her, he became the father of Magnes, the father of Hymenaios; Argus, son of Jason and Medea; Argus, son of Zeus and Lardane and brother of Sarpedon; Argus, son of Pan and among the Pans who came to join Dionysus in his campaign against India; Argus, a warrior in the army of the Seven Against Thebes, who was killed by Hypseus, son of Asopus; Argus, son of Abas and one of the defenders of Thebes against the Seven Against Thebes. He was killed by Parthenopaeus, son of Atalanta; Argus or Argos (dog), the faithful dog of Odysseus; Argus, one of Actaeon's dogs) |
Invalid LCCN | sh2002009449 |