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Moral of the story : Argus risked his life in order to protect and help Hera. In addition, he has killed list of monsters which were deadly dangerous. You can have 100 eyes but no one can escape from death. 'As we can see, even if he was mentioned as a ‘monster’ in reality he was a giant, a god, with super abilities.'
Thursday 4 August 2016
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Argus Panoptes or Argos was a hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology. He was a giant, the son of Arestor, whose name "Panoptes" meant "the all-seeing one". He was a servant of Hera; one of the tasks that were given to him was to slay the fearsome monster Echidna, wife of Typhon, which he successfully completed.
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- In the Harry Potter book and film series, Argus Filch is the name of the excessively-vigilant caretaker at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. Considering his intricate knowledge of the many secret passages and his obsession with watching students for signs of rule-breaking, his name is likely a reference to Argus Panoptes.
- A devil beast based on Argos, romanticized as Algoth, appears in the anime series The Devil Lady who uses Jun's fear of being watched to torment her. He ends up killing himself upon entering a fun house mirror room, terrified of being watched himself.
- The fifteenth colossus from the video game Shadow of the Colossus is called Argus and nicknamed "The Sentinel" and "Vigilant Guard". The hundreds of eyes carved into the temple that he resides in refers to the omnividence (all-seeing ability) of Argus Panoptes and the watchful colossus himself.
- Argus Panoptes served as the inspiration for one of the Kaijin from Kamen Rider Wizard, the Phantom Argos
- In the novel Luka and the Fire of Life, by Salman Rushdie, Argus Panoptes is one of the five appointed guardians of the 'Fire of Life'.
- Argus Panoptes was featured in Marvel Comics. He was revived by Hera to be in charge of the Panopticon (a computer surveillance system that was set up to help defend New Olympus).
- A song by the alternative band Ween is named "The Argus".
- A.R.G.U.S. appears in DC Comics as a secretive agency with ties to Homeland Security that is involved in covert operations around the world and is known to monitor and study various kinds of superhuman activities.
- In the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Argus works at Camp Half-Blood. He is said to have eyes all over his body and even his tongue. He is usually seen driving demigods into Manhattan.
- Argus (spelled Argos) appears in the 2007 video game God of War: Betrayal. He is the multi-eyed giant pet of the goddess Hera that was sent by the gods to stop main character Kratos' rampage across Greece, but is slain by an unknown assassin in an attempt to frame Kratos for the MURDER.
- In Halo 5: Guardians, Spartan Linda-058 uses a MJOLNIR armor named after Argus (ARGUS-class Mjolnir); the armor features multiple types of optical equipment attached to it.
References:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes
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HERA ZEUS LO
HERA ZEUS LO
The Olympian gods were indeed all-powerful, but some of them wanted a little extra protection to make certain that they'd never come to any harm. Chief among them was Hera, Queen of the Gods, who hired a giant to cover security for her and to act as a private hit-man and servant who would do her dirty work when required. This was no ordinary giant, however. ARGUS PANOPTES (All-Seeing") was a giant whose body was covered all over by at least a hundred eyes. He was Hera's right-hand man that took care of all kinds of business for the goddess and whoacted as a sort of bodyguard.
Lo was a princess who Zeus fell in love with.To try to keep Hera from noticing, he covered the world with a thick blanket of clouds. However, as soon as Hera saw that, she immediately became suspicious She came down from Mount Olympus and began dispersing the clouds. Zeus did some quick thinking and changed Io's form from a lovely maiden; so, as the clouds dispersed, Hera found Zeus standing next to a white heifer. He then swore that he had never seen the cow before and that it had just sprang right out of the earth. Seeing right through this, Hera faked liking the cow so much that she wanted to have it as a present. As turning such a reasonable request down would have given the whole thing away, Zeus presented her with the cow. She sent the cow away and arranged Argus Panoptes to watch over it. Since Argus had a hundred eyes and could have some of them sleep while keeping others awake, he made for a fine watchman. Desperate, Zeus sent Hermes to fetch Io. Disguised as a shepherd, Hermes had to employ all his skill as a musician and storyteller to gain Argus' confidence and lull him to sleep. Once asleep, Hermes killed Argus; later, Hera took his eyes and set them into the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock.
Reference :https://global.britannica.com/topic/Argus-Greek-mythology
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Argus.html
https://mrpsmythopedia.wikispaces.com/Argos+Panoptes
Lo was a princess who Zeus fell in love with.To try to keep Hera from noticing, he covered the world with a thick blanket of clouds. However, as soon as Hera saw that, she immediately became suspicious She came down from Mount Olympus and began dispersing the clouds. Zeus did some quick thinking and changed Io's form from a lovely maiden; so, as the clouds dispersed, Hera found Zeus standing next to a white heifer. He then swore that he had never seen the cow before and that it had just sprang right out of the earth. Seeing right through this, Hera faked liking the cow so much that she wanted to have it as a present. As turning such a reasonable request down would have given the whole thing away, Zeus presented her with the cow. She sent the cow away and arranged Argus Panoptes to watch over it. Since Argus had a hundred eyes and could have some of them sleep while keeping others awake, he made for a fine watchman. Desperate, Zeus sent Hermes to fetch Io. Disguised as a shepherd, Hermes had to employ all his skill as a musician and storyteller to gain Argus' confidence and lull him to sleep. Once asleep, Hermes killed Argus; later, Hera took his eyes and set them into the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock.Reference :https://global.britannica.com/topic/Argus-Greek-mythology
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Argus.html
https://mrpsmythopedia.wikispaces.com/Argos+Panoptes
"A 100 eye giant or something else?"
giants of the Greek mythology. His epithet ‘Panoptes’ means the one who is all-seeing, which reminds us of the symbol of the ‘all seeing eye’ of God. However, Panoptes was an epithet that was also used for the god Zeus.
Argos Panoptes was the son of Arestor, whose wife was Mycene from whom the Mycenaean civilization and the Homeric city of Mycenae got its name. Argos is described as having 100 eyes, according to the Greek mythology. Probably this was a feature attributed to him in an allegoric way, showing his ability to perceive everything from any angle. Whenever he slept not all of the eyes would be closed, there was always at least one eye open. He is usually depicted with multiple eyes on his body (see image above). As we can see, even if he was mentioned as a ‘monster’ in reality he was a giant, a god, with super abilities.
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