Argus
Argus, (proper name) Argus, the hundred-eyed keeper of Io; (adj) Argive
- The hundred-eyed keeper of Io, after she was changed into a heifer by Jupiter; slain by Mercury at the bidding of Jupiter. His hundred eyes were placed by Juno in the tail of the peacock, Ov. M. 1, 625 sq.; 15, 385; Prop. 1, 3, 20 (cf. Eustath. ad Hom. Il. 2, p. 138; Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. v. 1123; Heyne, Apollod. p. 249 sq.).—
- II The builder of the ship Argo, Val. Fl. 1, 93 and 314.—
- III Argus, a, um, adj., = Argivus; v. Argos, II. D.
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…amara pascitur herba, proque toro terrae non semper gramen habenti incubat infelix limosaque flumina potat. Illa etiam supplex Argo cum bracchia vellet tendere, non habuit, quae bracchia tenderet Argo, et conata queri mugitus edidit ore pertimuitque…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…cantat avenis. Voce nova captus custos Iunonius at tu, quisquis es, hoc poteras mecum considere saxo, Argus ait, neque enim pecori fecundior ullo herba loco est, aptamque vides pastoribus umbram. Sedit Atlantiades et euntem…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…rector mala tanta Phoronidos ultra ferre potest natumque vocat, quem lucida partu Pleias enixa est, letoque det imperat Argum. Parva mora est alas pedibus virgamque potenti somniferam sumpsisse manu tegimenque capillis. Haec ubi disposuit, patria Iove…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…dolores, sed nocet esse deum, praeclusaque ianua leti aeternum nostros luctus extendit in aevum Talia maerentem stellatus submovet Argus ereptamque patri diversa in pascua natam abstrahit. Ipse procul montis sublime cacumen occupat, unde sedens partes speculatur in…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…infelix limosaque flumina potat. Illa etiam supplex Argo cum bracchia vellet tendere, non habuit, quae bracchia tenderet Argo, et conata queri mugitus edidit ore pertimuitque sonos propriaque exterrita voce est. Venit et ad ripas, ubi…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…. Paelice donata non protinus exuit omnem diva metum timuitque Iovem et fuit anxia furti, donec Arestoridae servandam tradidit Argo. Centum luminibus cinctum caput Argus habebat inde suis vicibus capiebant bina quietem, cetera servabant atque in statione manebant…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…non tamen ausus eram dominae turbare quietem, expertae metuens iurgia saevitiae ; sed sic intentis haerebam fixus ocellis, Argus ut ignotis cornibus Inachidos. et modo solvebam nostra de fronte corollas ponebamque tuis, Cynthia, temporibus ; et…
Propertius, Elegies
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…omnem diva metum timuitque Iovem et fuit anxia furti, donec Arestoridae servandam tradidit Argo. Centum luminibus cinctum caput Argus habebat inde suis vicibus capiebant bina quietem, cetera servabant atque in statione manebant. Constiterat quocumque modo, spectabat…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…, falcato nutantem vulnerat ense qua collo est confine caput, saxoque cruentum deicit et maculat praeruptam sanguine rupem. Arge, iaces, quodque in tot lumina lumen habebas, exstinctum est, centumque oculos nox occupat una. Excipit…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…Libyae sic volvere Parcas. Id metuens, veterisque memor Saturnia belli, prima quod ad Troiam pro caris gesserat Argis necdum etiam causae irarum saevique dolores exciderant animo manet alta mente repostum iudicium Paridis spretaeque iniuria formae, et genus…
Vergil, Aeneid
(Ἄργος). (1) The son of Zeus and Niobé, and third king of Argos.
(2) Called Panoptes, “allseeing,” as having a hundred eyes. He was the son of Agenor, or Arestor, or Inachus. Heré appointed him guardian of the cow into which Io had been metamorphosed; but Hermes, at the command of Zeus, sent him to sleep by the sweet notes of his lute, and then cut off his head. Heré transplanted his eyes to the tail of the peacock, her favourite bird. See Io.
(3) The builder of the Argo, son of Phrixus (Apoll. Rhod. i. 112).
- Paus. 2.18.4
- Apollod. 1.9.1
- builds the Argo: Apollod. 1.9.16, Apollod. 1.9.17
- Apollod. 1.9.28, Paus. 2.22.5, Paus. 2.26.2, Paus. 2.34.4, Paus. 3.4.1
- grandson of Phoroneus: Paus. 2.16.1
- king of Argos: Paus. 2.34.4
- gives his name to the land: Apollod. 1.9.28, Paus. 2.16.1
- his sons: Paus. 2.16.1, Paus. 2.26.2
- his children: Apollod. 1.9.28
- his grave: Paus. 2.22.5
- his sacred grove burnt by Cleomenes: Hdt. 6.75-82, Paus. 2.20.8, Paus. 3.4.1
- son of Agenor: Apollod. 2.1.1
- his exploits: Apollod. 2.1.1
- set to guard Io in form of a cow: Apollod. 2.1.1
- killed by Hermes: Apollod. 2.1.1