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There are five figures in Greek Mythology named Argus:

1. Argus Panoptes , (Argus "all eyes") was a giant with a hundred eyes. He was also the nymph Io's brother. He was thus a very effective watchman, as only a few of the eyes would sleep at a time; there were always eyes still awake. Argus was Hera 's servant. His great service to the Olympian pantheon was to slay the Chthonic Serpent -legged monster Echidna as she slept in her cave ( Homer , '' Iliad '' ii.783; Hesiod , ''Theogony'', 295ff; Apollodorus , ii.i.2). Hera's last task for Argus was to guard a white heifer from Zeus . She charged him to "Tether this cow safely to an olive-tree at Nemea ". Hera knew that the heifer was in reality Io , one of the many Nymph s Zeus was coupling with to establish a new order.

To free Io, Zeus had Argus slain by Hermes . Hermes, disguised as a shepherd, first put all of Argus's eyes asleep with boring stories. To commemorate her faithful watchman, Hera had the hundred eyes of Argus preserved forever, in a peacock's tail ( Ovid I, 625).

2. Argus (or ''' Argos ''') is also the name of a long-lived dog owned by Odysseus in '' Odyssey ''. When Odysseus returns from his voyages and wears the disguise of a beggar that Athena places upon him, only Odysseus's elderly wetnurse, Eurycleia, and his old, faithful dog, Argus, recognize him. After Argus recognizes his long-lost master, he dies a peaceful death.

3. Argus in the tale of the Argonauts is a shipwright, the builder of the ship the '' Argo '', named after its builder. The vessel was used by Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece , Jason and his compatriots called themselves Argonauts , after the ship.

4. Argus was the eponym 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 .

5. Argus was the eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope , daughter of Aeetes . 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.