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<p>Created page with &quot;Argos, also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Argus Panoptes&#039;&#039;&#039;, is renowned for his unique feature of having many eyes. In &lt;u&gt;Ancient Greek&lt;/u&gt;, Panoptes means &quot;all-seeing,&quot; which reflects Argos&#039; capability to be ever-vigilant. He is often depicted as a &#039;&#039;&#039;giant&#039;&#039;&#039; with a hundred eyes, making him an ideal guard due to his ability to sleep with some eyes open while others remained awake. Argos&#039; most famous myth involves &#039;&#039;&#039;<a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Hera&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hera (page does not exist)">Hera</a>&#039;&#039;&#039;, the queen of the gods, and her husband &#039;&#039;&#039;<a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Zeus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zeus (page does not exist)">Zeus</a>&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;now...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Argos, also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Argus Panoptes&#039;&#039;&#039;, is renowned for his unique feature of having many eyes. In &lt;u&gt;Ancient Greek&lt;/u&gt;, Panoptes means &quot;all-seeing,&quot; which reflects Argos&#039; capability to be ever-vigilant. He is often depicted as a &#039;&#039;&#039;giant&#039;&#039;&#039; with a hundred eyes, making him an ideal guard due to his ability to sleep with some eyes open while others remained awake. Argos&#039; most famous myth involves &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Hera]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, the queen of the gods, and her husband &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Zeus]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;nowiki/&gt;&#039; unfaithful escapades. Hera assigned Argos Panoptes to guard &#039;&#039;&#039;Io&#039;&#039;&#039;, a priestess of Hera and one of Zeus&#039; lovers, whom Hera had transformed into a heifer to protect her from Zeus’ further attentions.<br /> <br /> Zeus, distressed by Io&#039;s absence, sent &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Hermes]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, the messenger of the gods and the god of thieves and trickery, to abscond with Io. Hermes approached Argos under the guise of a shepherd and used his cunning to lull Argos to sleep by telling stories and playing the &#039;&#039;&#039;pan flute&#039;&#039;&#039;, a musical instrument Hermes himself invented. Once all of Argos&#039; eyes were closed, Hermes fulfilled Zeus&#039; command by killing Argos to free Io.<br /> <br /> As a tribute to Argos Panoptes&#039; service and vigilance, Hera took his hundred eyes and set them on the tail of her sacred animal, the &#039;&#039;&#039;peacock&#039;&#039;&#039;, symbolizing the watchfulness and all-seeing nature of her previous servant. <br /> [[Category:Greek Myth]]<br /> [[Category:Archaic Greece]]</div>

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