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Set of mythological Greek characters
For other uses, see
Argus .
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 (
Iophassa
[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] He was loved by
Heracles and because of him the hero joined Jason and the Argonauts.
[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 ]
Notes
^
Apollodorus ,
2.1.3
^ Apollodorus,
2.1.1
^
Hyginus , Fabulae
145
^
Pausanias ,
2.18.4
^
Apollonius of Rhodes ,
Argonautica 1.4
^
Hesiod ,
Ehoiai fr. 15;
Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.1122 citing Hesiod's Ehoiai
^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
^
Valerius Flaccus , 5.460;
Argonautica Orphica 861
^
Antoninus Liberalis ,
23 with the ff. sources:
Nicander , Metamorphoses Book 1;
Hesiod , Great Eoeae ;
Didymarchus , Metamorphoses Book 3; Antigonus, Changes ;
Apollonius Rhodius , Epigrams and
Pamphilus , Book 1
^
Smith, William (1870). "Alcimenes".
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology: Vol 1 . p. 102. Retrieved 6 December 2016 .
^
Photius , Bibliotheca excerpts,
190.14
^
Nonnus ,
Dionysiaca 14.67 ff.
^
Statius ,
Thebaid 4.804 & 8.445
^ Statius, Thebaid 9.758
^
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.
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.