Argus (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Argus or Argos (/ˈɑːrɡəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος Argos) may refer to the following personages

• Argus Panoptes (Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes.[1]
• Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe.[2]
• Argus, son of Callirhoe and Piras (son of the above Argus) and brother to Arestorides and Triops.[3]
• 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.[4]
• Argus, eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope, and husband of Perimele, daughter of Admetus and Alcestis.[5][6][7][8] By her, he became the father of Magnes, the father of Hymenaios.[9]
• Argus, son of Jason and Medea.[10]
• Argus, son of Zeus and Lardane and brother of Sarpedon.[11]
• Argus, son of Pan and among the Pans who came to join Dionysus in his campaign against India.[12]
• Argus, a warrior in the army of the Seven Against Thebes, who was killed by Hypseus, son of Asopus.[13]
• Argus, son of Abas and one of the defenders of Thebes against the Seven Against Thebes. He was killed by Parthenopaeus, son of Atalanta.[14]
• Argus or Argos (dog), the faithful dog of Odysseus.[15]
• Argus, one of Actaeon's dogs

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.3
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.1
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 145
4. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.4
5. Argonautica Orphica, 861
6. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.16
7. Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 15
8. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 5.460
9. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 23
10. Smith, William (1870). "Alcimenes". A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology: Vol 1. p. 102. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
11. Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. pp. 5–6.
12. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.67 ff
13. Statius, Thebaid 4.804 & 8.445
14. Statius, Thebaid 9.758
15. Homer, Odyssey 17.292 ff

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.