Who or what was Argus in Mythology?

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Who or what was Argus in Mythology?

Answer 1

Argus was the guardian of Io, he had many eyes and was slained by the god hermes :)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

There are six figures in Mythology by the name Argus. They are:-

   1. Argus Panoptes (Argus "all eyes") is a giant with a

          hundred eyes. He was also the nymph Io's nephew.

   2. Argus was the eponym of the city of Argos.

   3. Argos is the long-lived dog of Odysseus in the Odyssey.

   4. Argus in the tale of the Argonauts is a shipwright, the

        builder of the ship the Argo, which is named after him.

        The vessel was used by Jason in his quest for the

         Golden Fleece, Jason and his compatriots called

          themselves Argonauts, after the ship.

   5. Argus was the eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope,  

       daughter of Aeëtes. Argus and his brothers set out to

       return to their grandfather's kingdom of Orchomenus, but

       were shipwrecked and rescued by the Argonauts.

   6. Argus is the 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.

Answer 4

Argus was the eponym of the city of Argos. The son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus, he succeeded his uncle Apis as King of Phoronea, which he renamed after himself. According to one account, he married Evadne, the daughter of Strymon and Neaera, and bore Ecbasus, Peiras, Epidaurus and Criasus. According to another account, his wife was nameless, and his sons were Peiras, Phorbas, and Tiryns.