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^[6] and Chalciope (Iophassa^[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 was erroneously conflated with the above Argus Arestorides who was the shipwright of the Argo and counted as one of the Argonauts.^[10]
• Argus, son of Jason and Medea.^[11] He was loved by Heracles and because of him the hero joined Jason and the Argonauts.^[12]
• Argus, son of Pan and among the Pans who came to join Dionysus in his campaign against India.^[13]
• Argus, a warrior in the army of the Seven against Thebes, who was killed by Hypseus, son of Asopus.^[14]
• 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.^[15]
• Argus or Argos (dog), the faithful dog of Odysseus.^[16]
• Argus, one of Actaeon's dogs^{[citation needed]}