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 (Argive).^[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.^{[citation needed]}
• Argus or Argeus (king of Argos), son of Megapenthes.^[4]
• Argus (son of Arestor), builder of the ship Argo in the tale of the Argonauts.^[5]
• Argus, eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope (^[6])^[7], and husband of Perimele, daughter of Admetus and Alcestis.^[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 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 in the war of 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^{[citation needed]}

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• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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.

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