There are five figures in
Greek mythology named Argus or Argos (Άργος).
Argus Panoptes (Argus "all eyes") is a giant with a hundred eyes. He was also the
nymph Io's nephew. 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.
Argos is the long-lived dog of
Odysseus in the
Odyssey. 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.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. Argus and his brothers Cytissorus, Melas and Phrontis aided Jason and the Argonauts in their quest, and later returned with them to Greece.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.
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