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]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.1
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 145
- ^ Pausanias, 2.18.4
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.4
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 15; Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.1122 citing Hesiod's Ehoiai
- ^ Valerius Flaccus, 5.460; Orphic Argonautica 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
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
- ^ 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, 14.67 ff.
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 4.804 & 8.445
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 9.758
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 17.292 ff
References
[edit]- 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.
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